Shajahan Chowdhury (Chittagong politician)

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Shajahan Chowdhury
শাজাহান চৌধুরী
Member of Parliament
In office
20 March 1991 30 March 1996
Religious life
Denomination Sunni

Shajahan Chowdhury is a Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member from the Chittagong-14 constituency. Currently, he is serving as the Ameer of Chittagong Metropolitan unit of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami. [1]

Career

Chowdhury was elected to parliament from Chittagong-14 as a Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami candidate in 1991 and 2001. [2]

Chowdhury was arrested on 1 May 2019. According to the local police, there had been 50 violence cases against him. [3]

References

  1. "Ex-Jamaat MP Shahjahan held". Prothom Alo. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  2. "Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 28 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  3. "Ex-Jamaat MP Shahjahan Chowhdury held". Dhaka Tribune. 1 May 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2020.