Abdul Kader Khan

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Abdul Kader Khan

|native_name = আব্দুল কাদের খান

|native_name_lang = bn

|constituency_MP = Gaibandha-1

|parliament = Bangladesh

|term_start = 25 January 2009

|term_end = 24 January 2014

|predecessor = Abdul Aziz

|successor = Manjurul Islam Liton

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|03|31|df=y}}

|birth_place = Rangpur, East Bengal, Pakistan

|party = Jatiya Party

|allegiance = {{BAN}}

|branch = {{army|Bangladesh}}

|serviceyears= 1978-2005

|rank = 20px Colonel

|unit = Army Medical Corps

|commands = *ADMS of 55th Infantry Division

Commandant of CMH, Bogra
CO of 15th Field Ambulance

}}

Abdul Kader Khan (born 31 March 1952){{Cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/former-mp-s/list-of-9th-parliament-members-bangla?layout=edit&id=677&csrt=9841954043077400142 |title=Constituency 29 |website=Bangladesh Parliament |access-date=2020-03-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027192435/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/former-mp-s/list-of-9th-parliament-members-bangla?layout=edit&id=677&csrt=9841954043077400142 |archive-date=2021-10-27}} is a Jatiya Party politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Gaibandha-1 constituency. In June 2019, Khan was sentenced to life imprisonment for possessing a firearm and an additional 15 years for possessing ammunition.{{Cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/backpage/news/mp-liton-murder-ex-mp-kader-gets-life-term-keeping-illegal-arms-1755637 |title=MP Liton Murder: Ex-MP Kader gets life term for keeping illegal arms |date=2019-06-12 |work=The Daily Star |language=en |access-date=2020-03-10}}

Career

Khan is a retired medical officer of Bangladesh Army with the rank of colonel.{{cite news |title=MP Liton Murder: Kader confesses he planned, financed it |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/mp-liton-murder-kader-confesses-he-planned-financed-it-1367419 |work=The Daily Star |language=en |date=26 February 2017 |access-date=26 February 2017}} He was elected to parliament from Jatiya Party of the Grand Alliance in 2008 representing Gaibandha-1.{{cite news |title=Former MP Kader Khan 'confesses to planning and training' to execute MP Liton's murder |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/former-mp-kader-khan-confesses-to-planning-and-training-to-execute-mp-litons-murder |work=bdnews24.com |date=25 February 2017 |access-date=26 February 2017}}

Charges

On 21 February 2017, Khan was arrested his house in Bogra, in connection with the murder of Manjurul Islam Liton, the then incumbent Jatiya Sangsad member from the same constituency.{{Cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/country/liton-murder-ex-jp-mp-kader-khan-held-bogra-1364842 |title=Liton murder: Ex-JP MP Kader Khan held in Bogra |date=2017-02-21 |work=The Daily Star |language=en |access-date=2020-03-10}} Four days later, Khan confessed his involvement in the murder.{{Cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/country/liton-murder-kader-confesses-his-involvement-1367230 |title=Liton murder: Kader confesses his involvement |date=2017-02-25 |work=The Daily Star |language=en |access-date=2020-03-10}} He was sentenced to death on 28 November 2019.{{Cite news |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/former-jatiya-party-mp-kader-khan-six-others-sentenced-to-death-for-killing-awami-league-leader-liton |title=Former Jatiya Party MP Kader Khan, six others sentenced to death for killing Awami League leader Liton |work=bdnews24.com |date=28 November 2019 |access-date=2020-04-10}}{{Cite news |date=2019-11-28 |title=Ex-JP MP, 6 others to die for killing Gaibandha MP Liton |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/country/gaibandha-mp-liton-murder-case-verdict-7-to-die-1832986 |access-date=2024-05-07 |work=The Daily Star |language=en}}

On 26 May 2019, Anti-Corruption Commission filed a case against Khan on amassing wealth beyond known sources of income. Relevant charges were pressed on 16 March 2021.{{Cite news |date=2024-05-07 |title=Ex-JP lawmaker Kader Khan jailed for 4 years in graft case |url=https://www.newagebd.net/article/229516/ex-jp-lawmaker-kader-khan-jailed-for-4-years-in-graft-case |access-date=2024-05-07 |work=New Age |language=en}} On 4 April 2024, he was sentenced to four years in prison and fined Tk 61.92 lakh.{{Cite news |date=2024-04-04 |title=Former JP MP Abdul Kader gets 4 yrs in corruption case |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/corruption/news/former-jp-mp-abdul-kader-gets-4-yrs-corruption-case-3582166 |access-date=2024-05-07 |work=The Daily Star |language=en}}

References

Category:Living people

Category:1952 births

Category:Jatiya Party politicians

Category:Bangladesh Army colonels

Category:9th Jatiya Sangsad members

Category:Bangladeshi politicians convicted of crimes

Category:Place of birth missing (living people)

Category:Bangladeshi male criminals

Category:Bangladeshi prisoners sentenced to death

Category:Prisoners sentenced to death by Bangladesh