Shahjahan Hawlader Sujan | |
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শাহজাহান হাওলাদার সুজন | |
Member of Parliament for Brahmanbaria-6 | |
In office 1994 – 30 March 1996 [1] | |
Preceded by | ATM Wali Ashraf |
Succeeded by | AB Tajul Islam |
Personal details | |
Died | (aged 35) Dhaka, Bangladesh |
Nationality | Bangladeshi |
Political party | Bangladesh Nationalist Party |
Shahjahan Hawlader Sujan (died on 3 July 2001) was a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a Jatiya Sangsad member from Brahmanbaria-6 constituency winning by-election in 1994 and general election in February 1996. [2] [3] He served as the vice president of Haji Mohammad Mohsin Hall Students Union of the University of Dhaka. [4] He was assassinated in 2001.
Sujan's body was found near the Doel Square at the University of Dhaka campus on 3 July 2001, five days after his abduction near Jonaki Cinema Hall in Dhaka. [4] [5] In 2003, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) pressed charges against local BNP party member Kajol Ahmed Jalali and 11 others in the murder case. [4] In March 2004, Dhaka Speedy Trial Tribunal sentenced Jalali to death and four others to life imprisonment. [6] [7] In March 2007, High Court overturned the lower court verdict as the state counsel failed to prove the murder charges. [5]
Shahjahan Hawlader Sujan | |
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শাহজাহান হাওলাদার সুজন | |
Member of Parliament for Brahmanbaria-6 | |
In office 1994 – 30 March 1996 [1] | |
Preceded by | ATM Wali Ashraf |
Succeeded by | AB Tajul Islam |
Personal details | |
Died | (aged 35) Dhaka, Bangladesh |
Nationality | Bangladeshi |
Political party | Bangladesh Nationalist Party |
Shahjahan Hawlader Sujan (died on 3 July 2001) was a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a Jatiya Sangsad member from Brahmanbaria-6 constituency winning by-election in 1994 and general election in February 1996. [2] [3] He served as the vice president of Haji Mohammad Mohsin Hall Students Union of the University of Dhaka. [4] He was assassinated in 2001.
Sujan's body was found near the Doel Square at the University of Dhaka campus on 3 July 2001, five days after his abduction near Jonaki Cinema Hall in Dhaka. [4] [5] In 2003, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) pressed charges against local BNP party member Kajol Ahmed Jalali and 11 others in the murder case. [4] In March 2004, Dhaka Speedy Trial Tribunal sentenced Jalali to death and four others to life imprisonment. [6] [7] In March 2007, High Court overturned the lower court verdict as the state counsel failed to prove the murder charges. [5]