A. K. M. A. Awal | |
|---|---|
এ. কে. এম. এ. আউয়াল | |
| Member of Parliament for Pirojpur-1 | |
| In office 25 January 2009 – 29 October 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Delwar Hossain Sayeedi |
| Succeeded by | SM Rezaul Karim |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 March 1954 |
| Political party | Bangladesh Awami League |
| Spouse(s) | Laila Parvin |
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[edit | edit source]
Awal studied up to H.S.C.[3]
Career[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 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. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
- ↑ "A.K.M.A. Awal History". Amarmp. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
- ↑ "MP Awal finishes deposition against Sayedee". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
- ↑ "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. Dhaka. 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.