| Zainul Abdin Farroque | |
| Native Name: | জয়নুল আবেদীন ফারুক |
| Native Name Lang: | bn |
| Office: | Member of National Parliament |
| Constituency1: | Noakhali-2 |
| Term Start1: | 29 December 2008 |
| Term End1: | 9 January 2014 |
| Predecessor1: | MA Hashem |
| Successor1: | Morshed Alam |
| Constituency2: | Noakhali-1 |
| Term Start2: | 20 March 1991 |
| Term End2: | 29 October 2006 |
| Predecessor2: | Moudud Ahmed |
| Successor2: | Mahbub Uddin Khokon |
| Birth Date: | 1949 12, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Noakhali District, East Pakistan |
| Nationality: | Bangladeshi |
| Party: | Bangladesh Nationalist Party |
| Branch: | Mukti Bahini |
| Battles: | Bangladesh Liberation War |
Zainul Abdin Farroque is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a former member of parliament for Noakhali-2 and Noakhali-1.[1] [2]
Zainul Abdin Farroque was born on 10 December 1949.[3]
In 2009, Farroque was elected to parliament as an opposition member and appointed the opposition whip. On 6 July 2011 he was injured by members of the Bangladesh Police in an opposition demonstration near the Bangladesh Parliament.[4] He sued the police officers involved and filled a 100 million taka lawsuit against the government. The case was dismissed after investigators submitted a Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Hasibul Haque blaming Farroque for the incident.[5]
Farroque was arrested on 3 July 2017 by the Bangladesh Police on cases that accused him of sabotage during protests against the government.[6] He was granted bail on 6 September 2017 in two cases over protests against the Bangladesh Awami League government.[7] He is an adviser to former prime minister and chairman of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, Khaleda Zia.[8]
On July 6 and 7, 2011, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) called for a hartal (strike). During the first day of the strike, Manik, along with opposition Chief Whip Farroque and party MPs, led a protest march in front of the Parliament House. At that time, the police tried to stop the protest. During a heated exchange with the police, Additional Police Commissioner Harun-Ur-Rashid and Assistant Commissioner Biplob Kumar Sarkar attacked Zainul Abedin Farroque. The police officers began beating the MP and kicked him with their booted feet. As they started hitting him with batons and rifle butts, he became bloodied and ran for his life.[9]
When BNP MPs tried to file a case regarding the incident that day, BNP MP Ashraf Uddin Nizam was not allowed to enter the police station. The case was later filed in court, but the court dismissed it. On the other hand, the police filed a case against Zainul Abedin Farroque and 11 others.[10] [11] [12]
After the fall of the Awami League government during the student and public uprising on August 5, 2024, Zainul Abedin Farroque filed an attempted murder case against the police on August 19 at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Police Station. Harun-Ur-Rashid and Biplob Kumar Sarkar were named as accused in the case. The case was filed under sections 323, 325, 326, 307, 206, 109, and 34 of the Bangladesh Penal Code.[13] [14]
During a protest against the government, the Bangladesh Police arrested Farroque on July 3, 2013, accusing him of sabotage.[15] He was granted bail in September 2007 in two cases related to protests against the Bangladesh Awami League government. He is an advisor to former prime minister and Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia.[16]