A. K. M. A. Awal Saydur Rahman

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]

A. K. M. A. Awal
এ. কে. এম. এ. আউয়াল
Member of the Bangladesh Parliament
for Pirojpur-1
In office
25 January 2009 – 29 October 2018
Preceded byDelwar Hossain Sayeedi
Succeeded bySM Rezaul Karim
Personal details
Born (1954-03-03) 3 March 1954
Political partyBangladesh Awami League
SpouseLaila Parvin

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]

In April 2023, charges was framed against Awal and Parvin in all three cases filed by ACC. Judge Mehdi Al Masud of the Barisal Divisional Special District Judge Court formed this complaint.[12][13]

References
  1. "Constituency 127_10th_Bn". Bangladesh Parliament. Retrieved 2020-03-04.
  2. "Graft case: Bail of ex-AL MP Awal, his wife extended for a month". The Daily Star. 21 September 2020. Retrieved 2020-09-23.
  3. "A.K.M.A. Awal -এ,কে,এম,এ আউয়াল (সাইদুর রহমান) Biography". Amarmp. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  4. "A.K.M.A. Awal History". Amarmp. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  5. "MP Awal finishes deposition against Sayedee". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  6. "ACC sues former AL lawmaker AKMA Awal". The Daily Star. 31 December 2019. Retrieved 2020-09-23.
  7. "SC upholds ex-MP Awal and his wife's bail in graft cases". Dhaka Tribune. 16 February 2020. Retrieved 2020-09-23.
  8. "Court orders to send Pirojpur ex-MP, wife to jail". The Daily Star. 3 March 2020. Retrieved 2020-09-23.
  9. "Ex-MP Awal, wife get bail hours after denial". The Independent. Dhaka. Retrieved 2020-09-23.
  10. "HC issues rules on bail order for ex- AL MP Awal, his wife". UNB. 17 September 2020. Retrieved 2020-09-23.
  11. "Ex-MP Awal, wife seek HC directives to release bank accounts". The Daily Star. 1 June 2021. Retrieved 2021-06-13.
  12. "দুদকের মামলায় সাবেক সংসদ সদস্য আউয়াল ও তাঁর স্ত্রীর বিচার শুরু". Prothomalo (in Bengali). 2023-04-06. Retrieved 2023-09-17.
  13. "দুদকের মামলায় পিরোজপুরের সাবেক এমপি ও তার স্ত্রীর বিরুদ্ধে চার্জ গঠন". Samakal (in Bengali). Retrieved 2023-09-17.


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