Sardar Shakhawat Hossain Bokul Explained

Sardar Shakhawat Hossain Bokul
Office:	Member of Bangladesh Parliament
Term Start:	1991
Term End:	Jun 1996
Predecessor:	Mohammad Shahidullah Bhuiyan
Successor:	Nuruddin Khan
Birth Place:	Narsingdi
Party:	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
Native Name:	সরদার শাখাওয়াত হোসেন বকুল
Native Name Lang:	bn
Predecessor2:	Nuruddin Khan
Successor2:	Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun
Term:	3rd
Termstart2:	2001
Termend2:	2006

Sardar Shakhawat Hossain Bokul is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a former member of parliament for Narsingdi-4.

Career

Bokul was elected to parliament from Narsingdi-4 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in 1991 and 2001.^[1]

On 4 June 2017, he was sued by a businessman for extortion.^[2] On 26 December 2013, he was arrested from the residence of Khaleda Zia, former prime minister and chairperson of Bangladesh Nationalist Party.^[3] He was admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital following his arrest.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics . . Vote Monitor Networks . 11 February 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081229002000/http://votemonitor.net:80/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=200 . 29 December 2008.
2. News: Ex-BNP lawmaker Sardar Sakhawat sued for extortion . 7 October 2019 . bdnews24.com . 4 June 2007.
3. News: Ex-BNP MP Bakul held . 7 October 2019 . The Daily Star . 26 December 2013 . en.
4. News: Detained former BNP MP Bakul at DMCH . 7 October 2019 . Dhaka Tribune . 25 December 2013.