Habibur Rahman (Jamaat-e-Islami politician) explained

Habibur Rahman
Term Start:27 February 1991
Term End:16 February 1996
Predecessor:Habibur Rahman
Successor:Md. Mozammel Haque
Death Date:23 September 2010
Party:Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami
Constituency Mp:Chuadanga-2
Alma Mater:Government Madrasah-e-Alia

Habibur Rahman (– 23 September 2010) was a politician of Chuadanga District of Bangladesh, Islamic speaker and former member of parliament for the Chuadanga-2 constituency in 1991.[1]

Birth and early life

Habibur Rahman was born in 1935 in Chapra, Nadia district of India. In 1950, he started living as a family in the village of Hogaldanga in Damurhuda, Chuadanga. He first studied at Comilla Kamrangirchar Madrasa, Later Kamil passed from Dhaka Alia Madrasa.[2]

Career

Habibur Rahman was a member of the Shura in the Central Majlis of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami. He joined Chhatra Sangha in 1960 and Jamaat in 1969. In the fifth parliamentary elections of 1991, he was elected as a Member of Parliament from Chuadanga-2 constituency as a candidate of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami. He was defeated by Chuadanga-2 constituency as a Jamaat candidate in the seventh parliamentary elections on 12 June 1996 and the ninth parliamentary elections in 2008.[3]

War crimes and controversy

Habibur Rahman was the president of the peace committee of Jivannagar in Chuadanga during the war of liberation. It was alleged that under his leadership, Abdur Razzak, a freedom fighter from Kayagram, was taken to the Hasadah camp, killed and later his body was disappeared. He was arrested on 1 January 1972 under the Brokers Act and was convicted along with 752 other war criminals convicted under the Brokers Act. When the Ziaur Rahman government repealed the Brokers Act, he was released along with others.[4] [5] [6]

Death

Habibur Rahman died on 23 September 2010.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: List of 5th Parliament Members. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20180917232851/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/5th.pdf. 17 September 2018. 2 April 2020. Jatiya Sangsad.
  2. Web site: Maulana Habibur Rahman's burial has been completed. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200710214825/https://www.dailysangram.com/post/39088-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AB%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A8. 2020-07-10. 2020-07-10. The Daily Sangram. bn.
  3. Web site: Habibur Rahman (Chuadanga). 2020-07-10. Prothom Alo. bn.
  4. News: 2008-12-26. Maulana Habibur Rahman - Notorious Razakar of Chuadanga. bn. Shaptahik 2000.
  5. Book: Rajib Ahmed. Liberation War of Bangladesh Chuadanga District. 300. bn.
  6. Book: ASM Shamsul Arefin. List of those arrested on charges of razakar and broker. Bangladesh Research and Publications. 1999. Dhaka, Bangladesh. 62. bn.