Dhirendra Debnath Shambhu

Dhirendra Debnath Shambhu (Bengali: ধীরেন্দ্র দেবনাথ শম্ভু) (born 14 December 1948)[2] is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the incumbent Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Barguna-1 constituency.

Dhirendra Debnath Shambhu
Member of Parliament
for Barguna-1
Assumed office
25 January 2009
Preceded byDelwar Hossain
Deputy Minister for Food
In office
1 January 1998[1] – 2001
Deputy Minister for Shipping
In office
23 June 1996 – 31 December 1997
Preceded byABM Zahidul Haq
Succeeded bySaber Hossain Chowdhury
Personal details
Born (1948-12-14) 14 December 1948
Political partyBangladesh Awami League

Early life

Shambhu was born 14 December 1948.[3] He has a law degree and a M.A. degree.[3]

Career

Shambhu was elected to parliament from Barguna-1 as an Awami League candidate in 1991 with 44,722 votes while his nearest rival Mau. A Rashid Pir Shaheb of the Islami Oikya Jote had received 29,507 votes.[4]

Shambhu was elected to parliament from Barguna-1 as an Awami League candidate in 1996 with 54,953 while his nearest rival Mau. A Rashid Pir Shaheb of the Islami Oikya Jote had received 28,479 votes.[4]

Shambhu contested the 2001 election from Barguna-1 as an Awami League candidate but lost to independent candidate Md. Delowar Hossain.[4] Shambhu had received 51,302 votes while Hossain had received 84,611 votes.[4]

Shambhu was elected to parliament from Barguna-1 as an Awami League candidate in 2008 with 131,368 while his nearest rival Md. Delowar Hossain had received 80,590 votes.[4]

Shambhu was elected to parliament from Barguna-1 as an Awami League candidate in 2014 with 85,080 while his nearest rival Md. Delowar Hossain had received 65,179 votes.[4]In May 2018, he sued Emdadul Haque Milon, the editor of Kaler Kantho, after the newspaper published a report on corruption by Shambhu and his son, Sunam Debnath.[5] He served as the deputy minister in an Awami League government. The Prothom Alo reported that he was involved with the theft from Test Relief and Food For Work.[6] His son is accused of leading a organized crime racket in Barguna.[7] The accused in the Murder of Rifat Sharif asked why Sunam Debnath was not charged in the case as they were following his directives.[8]

Shambhu was re-elected in 2018 as a candidate of Awami League from Barguna-1 with 319,957 votes while his nearest rival, Matiur Rahman Talukder of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, 15,344 votes.[9]

Following a confrontation between Additional Superintendent of Police Muharam Ali of Barguna District and Bangladesh Chhatra League activists, Shambhu supported the transfer of the police officer to Chittagong pending a departmental investigation.[10][11][12]

References
  1. "6 new ministers take oath, 2 promoted". The Daily Star. 1998-01-01. Retrieved 2019-09-06.
  2. "Constituency 109_11th_En". www.parliament.gov.bd. Retrieved 2022-05-18.
  3. "Dhirendro Debnath Shambhu -ধীরেন্দ্র দেবনাথ শমভু Biography". Amarmp. Retrieved 2022-08-29.
  4. "Electoral Area Result Statistics". Amarmp. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  5. "Kaler Kantho editor sued for defamation". The Daily Star. 8 May 2018. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  6. "Shambhu does nothing without money". Prothom Alo. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  7. Bhattacharjee, Partha Pratim; Khan, Mohammad Jamil (2019-07-07). "Rifat Murder: Organised crime at the core". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
  8. Khan, Mohammad Jamil; Jewel, M. Jahirul Islam (2019-09-04). "Why is Sunam not an accused?". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
  9. "Barguna-1 - Constituency detail of Bangladesh General Election 2018". The Daily Star. 2018-11-25. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
  10. "Action against 19 cops including ASP Muharram Ali recommended". Prothomalo. 2022-08-23. Retrieved 2023-09-10.
  11. Rubel, Sirajul Islam; Saad, Muntakim (2022-09-10). "Senior cop in Ramna area: Is beating his only duty?". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2023-09-10.
  12. "ASP Muharram transferred to Chattogram, five cops withdrawn". Prothomalo. 2022-08-17. Retrieved 2023-09-10.


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