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{{Short description|Bangladeshi politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Abdul Gafur Bhuiyan
| office = Member of Parliament
| term_start = 2001
| term_end = 2006
| predecessor = Md. Joynal Abedin Bhuiyan
| successor = [[Mujibul Haque Mujib]]
| birth_date =
| birth_place =
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party = [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]]
| native_name = আব্দুল গফুর ভূইয়া
| native_name_lang = bn
}}

'''Abdul Gafur Bhuiyan''' is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and the former Member of Parliament from [[Comilla-11]].

==Career==
Bhuiyan was elected to Parliament in 2001 from Comilla-11 as a candidate of Bangladesh Nationalist Party. On 1 November 2006, his activists fought against his political rivals and burned down the home of Kamruzzaman, his rival. A local leader of Islami Chhatra Shibir, Mohammad Shahjahan, was killed in the fighting.<ref>{{cite news |title=BNP factional feud kills 2 in Comilla |url=https://bdnews24.com/politics/2006/11/01/bnp-factional-feud-kills-2-in-comilla |accessdate=24 December 2018 |work=bdnews24.com}}</ref> Maulana SM Mohiuddin, the Amer of [[Nangalkot Upazila]], filled a murder case over Shahjahans death against 51 including Bhuiyan.<ref>{{cite news |title=Comilla Shibir leader murder: 10 arrested |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2006/11/04/d61104012113.htm |accessdate=24 December 2018 |work=archive.thedailystar.net |agency=UNB |publisher=The Daily Star}}</ref> On 22 May 2007, he was detained on corruption charges.<ref>{{cite news |title=Tarique, top BNP leaders may lose party posts |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2007/05/22/d7052201022.htm |accessdate=24 December 2018 |work=archive.thedailystar.net |publisher=The Daily Star}}</ref> On 4 March 2007, he was sent to jail by a court. He was facing a number of charges including one for murder.<ref>{{cite news |title=Former MP Abdul Gafur Bhuiyan sent to jail in Comilla |url=https://bdnews24.com/politics/2007/03/04/former-mp-abdul-gafur-bhuiyan-sent-to-jail-in-comilla |accessdate=24 December 2018 |work=bdnews24.com}}</ref> On 16 December 2018, he was arrested from [[Bangladesh High Court]] area in Dhaka by [[Detective Branch (Bangladesh)|Detective Branch]] of [[Bangladesh Police]].<ref>{{cite news |title=20 BNP, Jamaat men arrested |url=http://thedailynewnation.com/news/199455/20-bnp-jamaat-men-arrested |accessdate=24 December 2018 |work=thedailynewnation.com}}</ref>

On 21 December 2008, Bangladesh Election Commission cancelled Bhuiyan candidacy after he filed with the commission twice, one as an independent candidate and again as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate.<ref>{{cite news |title=Polls symbol allocation gets more chaotic |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-68079 |accessdate=24 December 2018 |work=The Daily Star |date=21 December 2008 |language=en}}</ref> The Election Commission had given the paddy leaf, symbol of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, to Mobasher Alam Bhuiyan, an independent candidate. It then took allocated the symbol of Gafur Bhuyian but withdrew its decision following a court verdict that asked the election commission to allocate the symbol to Mobasher.<ref>{{cite news |title=EC ends BNP's symbol allocation drama in Comilla |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-68211 |accessdate=24 December 2018 |work=The Daily Star |date=22 December 2008 |language=en}}</ref>

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