Former MP of Bhola-2 constituency Mukul arrested

RAB has arrested Ali Azam Mukul (55), nephew of Awami League veteran politician former minister Tofail Ahmed and former member of parliament from Bhola-2 constituency.

He was arrested from Hazaribagh area of ​​the capital on Wednesday at 7 pm.

The matter was confirmed by RAB's Legal and Media Wing Director Lt. Col. Md. Munim Ferdous.

Ali Azam Mukul, former MP of Bhola-2 Constituency, is one of the accused in the murder case of Nahidul Islam in the capital's Mirpur area on July 19 during the anti-discrimination student movement.

Ali Azam's family is involved in politics. He was the mayor of Daulatkhan Municipality. In the 2014 general election, Ali Azam was elected as a Member of Parliament for the first time. After that, he was elected as a Member of Parliament in the second and third rounds of the 2018 and 2024 National Parliament elections.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left the country on August 5 in the face of students' agitation over quota reforms in government jobs.

Since then, Awami League ministers-MPs and top level leaders and activists have been arrested one after another. Ali Azam Mukul, the former Member of Parliament of Bhola-2 (Daulatkhan and Borhanuddin) was arrested on Wednesday.

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