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{{Short description|Bangladeshi politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Abdur Rahman Bodi
|native_name = আব্দুর রহমান বদি
|constituency_MP = [[Cox's Bazar-4]]
|term_start = 25 January 2009
|term_end = 24 January 2019
|predecessor = [[Shahjahan Chowdhury]]
|successor = [[Shahin Akhtar]]
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|01|04|df=y}}
|party = [[Bangladesh Awami League]]
|spouse = [[Shahin Akhtar, saki]]
}}

'''Abdur Rahman Bodi''' (born 4 January 1970)<ref name=mp>{{Cite web|title=Constituency 297|url=https://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/former-mp-s/list-of-9th-parliament-members-bangla?layout=edit&id=973|access-date=2020-09-15|website=Bangladesh Parliament}}</ref> is a [[Bangladesh Awami League]] politician and a former [[Jatiya Sangsad]] member representing the [[Cox's Bazar-4]] constituency during 2009–2019.<ref name=mp/>

Bodi did not get the party's nomination for the [[2018 Bangladeshi general election]] but instead, his wife, [[Shahin Akhtar]], did and went on to win the election and became the incumbent member of the same constituency.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Bodi’s wife Shahin Akhter wins Cox’s Bazar-4 seat|url=https://bdnews24.com/11thparliamentaryelection/2018/12/31/bodis-wife-shahin-akhter-wins-coxs-bazar-4-seat|access-date=2020-07-25|work=bdnews24.com|language=en}}</ref>

==Drug trafficking==
In a June 2015 report, Bodi topped the list of 79 leading human traffickers of Cox's Bazar according the [[Ministry of Home Affairs (Bangladesh)|Ministry of Home Affairs]].<ref name=JUNE2015>{{Cite news |last=Hasan|first=Shariful|title=Bodi leads Rohingya intrusion; yaba, human trafficking|url=https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/Bodi-leads-Rohigya-intrusion-yaba-human|access-date=2020-09-18|work=Prothom Alo|language=en|date=2015-06-17}}</ref> According to the Narcotics Control Department, he was the chief patron of the [[Ya ba|yaba]] smugglers.<ref name=JUNE2015/> Bodi's constituency [[Teknaf]] is the only smuggling route of yaba through Bangladesh-Myanmar border.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-06-03|title=Yaba 'Godfathers': Out of Teknaf, into safety|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/yaba-godfathers-out-teknaf-safety-1585462|access-date=2020-09-18|work=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref>

Bodi was also one of the facilitators who help [[Rohingya people]] include in the voter list and get national identity card illegally.<ref name=JUNE2015/> In July 2016, he was accused of being present in a meeting of [[Rohingya Solidarity Organisation|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.<ref name=JUNE2015/><ref>{{Cite news |date=2016-08-01|title=MP Bodi: I was not there|url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2016/08/01/mp-bodi-not|access-date=2020-09-18|work=Dhaka Tribune}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2016-07-31|title=BGB busts RSO meeting, AL MP flees|url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2016/07/31/bgb-busts-rso-meeting-al-mp-flees|access-date=2020-09-18|work=Dhaka Tribune}}</ref>

==Charges and convictions==
In 2007, [[Anti-Corruption Commission (Bangladesh)|Anti-Corruption Commission]] (ACC) accused Bodi for hiding information of Tk 43.4 lakh and accumulating wealth of Tk 66.7 lakh from unknown sources of income. He was indicted for this case in September 2020.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2020-09-13|title=Ex-MP Bodi indicted in corruption case filed in 2007|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/coxs-bazar-ex-mp-bodi-indicted-in-corruption-case-1960593|access-date=2020-09-18|work=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref>

On 21 August 2014, ACC accused Bodi of amassing wealth illegally and concealing information in his wealth statement.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2016-11-02|title=AL MP Bodi jailed for 3yrs for concealing wealth|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/country/al-mp-bodi-jailed-3yrs-concealing-wealth-1308202|access-date=2020-09-18|work=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref> He was convicted and sentenced to three years in prison on corruption charges in November 2016.<ref>{{cite news |title=AL MP Bodi lands in jail|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/country/al-mp-bodi-lands-jail-1308409|work=The Daily Star|access-date=7 December 2016|date=2 November 2022}}</ref> He secured a bail from Bangladesh High Court in the case.<ref>{{cite news |title=Convicted AL MP Bodi gets HC bail in graft case|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/politics/convicted-al-mp-bodi-gets-hc-bail-graft-case-1315615|work=The Daily Star|access-date=7 December 2016|date=16 November 2022}}</ref> In May 2022, High Court cleared the way for the lower court to run the trial proceedings of that case.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-22 |title=Corruption case against ex-MP Bodi will be tried: HC |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/crime-justice/news/corruption-case-against-ex-mp-bodi-will-be-tried-hc-3029291 |access-date=2022-05-22 |website=The Daily Star |language=en}}</ref>

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[[Category:Awami League politicians]]
[[Category:9th Jatiya Sangsad members]]
[[Category:10th Jatiya Sangsad members]]
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