| Term start | 25 January 2009 |
|---|---|
| Term end | 29 October 2018 |
| Predecessor | Delwar Hossain Sayeedi |
| Successor | SM Rezaul Karim
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| Born | 1954-03-03 (age 72)
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| Political party | Bangladesh Awami League |
| Spouse | Laila Parvin
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A. K. M. A. Awal Saydur Rahman (known as AKMA Awal; born 3 March 1954)[1] is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Pirojpur-1 constituency during 2009–2018.[1] As of September 2020, he has been serving as the president of the Pirojpur district Awami League branch.[2]
Early life
Awal studied up to H.S.C.[3]
Career
Awal was elected to the parliament from Pirojpur-1 in 2008 and re-elected on 5 January 2014 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate.[4] In January 2012, he testified against Delwar Hossain Sayedee at the International Crimes Tribunal.[5]
Corruption charges
On 30 December 2019, Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed three cases against Awal. In the first case, he, along with his wife, Laila Parvin, took lease of a government land using fake documents and built a three-storied building on it. In the second case, he was accused of illegally grabbing another land and built a bungalow in Swarupkati Upazila. The third case accused him of grabbing a 44 decimal pond known as 'Rajar Pukur' in Pirojpur town and erecting a boundary wall to keep it in his possession.[6] They took interim bail from the High Court on 7 January 2020.[7] On 3 March, a Pirojpur court ordered to send Awal and Parvin to jail after rejecting their bail prayer.[8] But the court reversed the ruling four hours later and granted the bail.[9][10] Meanwhile, District and Sessions judge, Abdul Mannan, was stand released on the charges of corruption.[9] On 21 September, the Pirojpur court extended the bail for another month.[2]
In January 2021, a Senior Special Judge's Court of Dhaka ordered ACC to freeze 18 bank accounts and seize documents of 40 scheduled immovable properties of Awal and Parvin. The order was upheld by a High Court bench on 25 May.[11]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Constituency 127_10th_Bn. Bangladesh Parliament. Retrieved 2020-03-04.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Graft case: Bail of ex-AL MP Awal, his wife extended for a month. The Daily Star(21 September 2020). Retrieved 2020-09-23.
- ↑ A.K.M.A. Awal -এ,কে,এম,এ আউয়াল (সাইদুর রহমান) Biography. Amarmp.
- ↑ A.K.M.A. Awal History. Amarmp.
- ↑ MP Awal finishes deposition against Sayedee. bdnews24.com.
- ↑ ACC sues former AL lawmaker AKMA Awal. The Daily Star(31 December 2019). Retrieved 2020-09-23.
- ↑ SC upholds ex-MP Awal and his wife's bail in graft cases. Dhaka Tribune(16 February 2020). Retrieved 2020-09-23.
- ↑ Court orders to send Pirojpur ex-MP, wife to jail. The Daily Star(3 March 2020). Retrieved 2020-09-23.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Ex-MP Awal, wife get bail hours after denial. The Independent. Retrieved 2020-09-23.
- ↑ HC issues rules on bail order for ex- AL MP Awal, his wife. UNB(17 September 2022). Retrieved 2020-09-23.
- ↑ Ex-MP Awal, wife seek HC directives to release bank accounts. The Daily Star(1 June 2021). Retrieved 2021-06-13.