Abdur Rahman Bodi
Abdur Rahman Bodi | |
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| Member of Parliament | |
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| Political party | Bangladesh Awami League |
Abdur Rahman Bodi is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the present Member of Parliament from Cox's Bazar.[1] He was accused of Yaba business and widely known as yaba drug lord in Bangladesh.
Career
He was elected to parliament from Cox's Bazar.[2]
Controversy
He was convicted and sentenced to three years in prison on corruption charges in November 2016.[3] He secured a bail from Bangladesh High Court in the case.[4] In July 2016, he was accused of being present in a meeting of Rohingya Solidarity Organization, an insurgency group in Myanmar, by Lieutenant Colonel Abuzar Al Jahid, commanding officer of Border Guards Bangladesh. A team of the guards had raided the meeting.[2] He has faced allegations of involvement in the Yaba trade, a narcotics.[5]
References
- ^ "ACC fails to get stay on lawmaker Bodi's bail". The Financial Express. Dhaka. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
- ^ a b "MP Bodi: I was not there". Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
- ^ "AL MP Bodi lands in jail". The Daily Star. 2 November 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
- ^ "Convicted AL MP Bodi gets HC bail in graft case". The Daily Star. 16 November 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
- ^ "Bodi leads Rohingya intrusion; yaba, human trafficking". Prothom Alo. Archived from the original on 21 December 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
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