Abdus Salam Pintu | |
Native Name: | আব্দুস সালাম পিন্টু |
Native Name Lang: | bn |
Office: | Deputy Minister of Education |
Term Start: | 10 October 2001 |
Term End: | 22 May 2003 |
Office1: | Deputy Minister of Industries |
Term Start1: | 22 May 2003 |
Term End1: | 13 March 2006 |
Office2: | Deputy Minister of Information |
Term Start2: | 13 March 2006 |
Term End2: | 29 October 2006 |
Constituency Mp3: | Tangail-2 |
Term Start3: | 2001 |
Term End3: | 2006 |
Predecessor3: | Khandaker Asaduzzaman |
Successor3: | Khandaker Asaduzzaman |
Nationality: | Bangladeshi |
Abdus Salam Pintu is a Bangladeshi politician. He is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party member and a former deputy Minister for Education.[1] [2] In 2018, he was sentenced to death for involvement in the 2004 Dhaka grenade attack.
Pintu served as deputy minister for education from 2001 to 2003. After that he served as deputy minister for industries from 2003 to 2006.
In January 2008, Pintu was arrested for involvement in the 2004 Dhaka grenade attack.[1] In June 2008, the CID submitted charge sheet accusing 22, including Pintu and his brother, Maulana Tajuddin, a leader of Harkatul Jihad al Islami.[3] [4] In October 2016, he was found guilty on charges of killing through common intention, planning and criminal conspiracy and was sentenced to death.[5]
Pintu was made vice-chairman of BNP's executive committee in 2016, at which time he was in prison.[6]