Ex-MP from Bogura-2 Shariful Islam Jinnah arrested

Three-time former Member of Parliament from Bogura-2 (Shibganj) constituency and district president of the Jatiya Party, Shariful Islam Jinnah (76), has been arrested by the District Detective Branch (DB).

Shariful Islam Jinnah, son of Azim Uddin of Mahasthangarh area in Shibganj upazila of Bogura, was apprehended early Friday from the Ramna area of Dhaka, police said.

DB Bogura Officer-in-Charge Md Iqbal Bahar confirmed the matter.

According to law enforcement officials, Shariful Islam Jinnah is an accused in multiple cases, including a murder case filed over a death during the anti-discrimination student movement. Acting on a tip-off, a special team of the DB from Bogura carried out a raid in the Ramna area under the Dhaka Metropolitan Police and arrested him.

Police sources said that a case (No. 15) was filed against him on 7 October last year with Shibganj Police Station under the Explosives Act and several sections of the Penal Code, in which he had been absconding.

In total, 10 cases—including those related to murder and explosives—are currently under trial against him.

Police added that the vice chairman of the Jatiya Party’s central committee is being processed for production before the court in connection with the cases