Aziz Mohammad Bhai
Aziz Mohammad Bhai | |
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| Born | 1962 (age 61–62) |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Occupation | Businessman |
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Aziz Mohammad Bhai is a Bangladeshi businessman and film producer.[1] He is alleged to have been involved in several serious crimes including murder and drug trafficking.[2][3][4]
Background
Aziz Mohammad Bhai was born in 1962 to Mohammad Bhai and Khatija Mohammad Bhai, émigrés to Bangladesh from Gujarat, India and is of Gujarati descent.[1] He was actively engaged in the management of a steel producer for more than three decades and has been an innovator in a local pharmaceutical manufacturing industry with Ambee Pharmaceuticals.[1] He was involved with several major films produced under his film production company, Ambee Films. Bhai is also a life member of the SAARC Chamber of Commerce.[1]
[5] Aziz Mohammad Bhai is a director of Olympic Industries Limited and his father is the chairman of the company.[1]
Controversy
He was first arrested during the tenure of Hussain Muhammad Ershad as president. The Aga Khan, Prince Karim Aga Khan reportedly himself came to Bangladesh secure his release.[6]
Murder allegations
In 1997, he was alleged to be involved in the alleged murder of the actor Salman Shah. Police had filed a case of suicide, but the family objected to it and lodged a murder case.[2] A Rezvi Ahmed was arrested from the house of Salman Shah's mother, reportedly named Aziz Mohammad Bhai and Salman Shah's wife Samira, of ordering the hit.[7][3] Bhai denied the charges, but he was barred from entering India and his passport was impounded.[7] Rezvi Ahmed recanted his confession.[3]
In 1999, he was accused of involvement in the death of actor, Sohel Chowdhury.[8][9]
Drug charges
In 2007, he was charged for manufacturing yaba tablets. His nephew, Amyn Huda, was sentenced to prison in 2013 in these crimes.[4]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Board of Directors". Olympic Industries Ltd. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
- ^ a b Biswas, Prakash (12 July 2016). "Police Bureau of Investigation to open fresh enquiry into movie star Salman Shah's death". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
- ^ a b c "Actor Salman Shah's death case revived". The Daily Observer. 11 February 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
- ^ a b Tipu, Sanaul Islam (3 June 2013). "Bail rejected, 'Yaba king' Amyn Huda in jail". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
- ^ http://olympicbd.com/leadership/
- ^ "International News". South China Morning Post. 8 January 1998.
- ^ a b "Aziz Mohammad Bhai surprised". The Daily Star. 26 July 1997. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
- ^ "World: South Asia Bangladeshi businessman arrested". BBC News. 7 January 1999. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
- ^ Biswas, Prokash (18 December 2015). "No trial even 17 years after actor Sohel Chowdhury's murder". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 1 May 2016.