Hafiz Ibrahim (politician)

Hafiz Ibrahim is a Bangladeshi politician. He served as a member of parliament from Bhola-2 constituency during 2001–2006.^[2] He was a BNP central committee member.^[3] He served as a director of state-owned Rupali Bank.^[4][5]

Charges and convictions[]

In February 2007, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) published a list of 50 persons of top corrupt suspects which included Ibrahim's name.^[6][7] After the deadline of 72 hours to submit the wealth statements, Ibrahim was arrested by the joint forces.^[8][9]

In October 2007, ACC investigation found Ibrahim and his younger brother, businessman Giasuddin Al Mamun guilty of illegally amassing Tk 171 crore in the preceding five years.^[8]

In May 2007, ACC filed the cases against the couple and a special court indicted the couple in November the same year.^[10][11][12] He was released on bail from Dhaka Central Jail in February 2009.^[13] In October 2011, following an appeal filed by Ibrahim, the High Court acquitted both of them of the corruption charges.^[14] But in August 2015, the Supreme Court scrapped those High Court acquittal verdicts.^[15][16]

In December 2008, nomination paper for the election from Bhola-2 constituency of Ibrahim was rejected as he was a convict in criminal cases and accused of total 18 cases.^{[17][18][19][20]}

In August 2011, ACC filed a case against Ibrahim and his wife for laundering $1.75 lakh to Singapore.^[21][22] A Dhaka court in December 2012 granted bail to them.^[21] In October 2012, the Supreme Court stayed the money laundering case.^[23]

In July 2013, a Barisal court framed charges against Ibrahim in a case filed over misappropriating relief items of corrugated tin.^[3][24]

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