Abdul Kader Khan | |
Native Name: | আব্দুল কাদের খান |
Native Name Lang: | bn |
Constituency Mp: | Gaibandha-1 |
Parliament: | Bangladesh |
Term Start: | 25 January 2009 |
Term End: | 24 January 2014 |
Predecessor: | Abdul Aziz |
Successor: | Manjurul Islam Liton |
Birth Date: | 31 March 1952 |
Birth Place: | Rangpur, East Bengal, Pakistan |
Party: | Jatiya Party |
Serviceyears: | 1978-2005 |
Rank: | Colonel |
Unit: | Army Medical Corps |
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Abdul Kader Khan (born 31 March 1952)[1] is a Jatiya Party politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Gaibandha-1 constituency. In June 2019, Khan was sentenced to life imprisonment for possessing a firearm and an additional 15 years for possessing ammunition.[2]
Khan is a retired medical officer of Bangladesh Army with the rank of colonel.[3] He was elected to parliament from Jatiya Party of the Grand Alliance in 2008 representing Gaibandha-1.[4]
On 21 February 2017, Khan was arrested his house in Bogra, in connection with the murder of Manjurul Islam Liton, the then incumbent Jatiya Sangsad member from the same constituency.[5] Four days later, Khan confessed his involvement in the murder.[6] He was sentenced to death on 28 November 2019.[7] [8]
On 26 May 2019, Anti-Corruption Commission filed a case against Khan on amassing wealth beyond known sources of income. Relevant charges were pressed on 16 March 2021.[9] On 4 April 2024, he was sentenced to four years in prison and fined Tk 61.92 lakh.[10]