Abdur Rahman Bodi

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Abdur Rahman Bodi

|native_name = আব্দুর রহমান বদি

|office = Member of Parliament

|constituency = Cox's Bazar-4

|term_start = 25 January 2009

|term_end = 24 January 2019

|predecessor = Shahjahan Chowdhury

|successor = Shahin Akhtar

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|01|04|df=y}}

|birth_place = Teknaf, Cox's Bazar, East Pakistan

|party = Bangladesh Awami League

|spouse = Shahin Akhtar

}}

Abdur Rahman Bodi (born 4 January 1970){{Cite web |title=Constituency 297 |url=https://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/former-mp-s/list-of-9th-parliament-members-bangla?layout=edit&id=973 |access-date=2020-09-15 |website=Bangladesh Parliament |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806212946/https://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/former-mp-s/list-of-9th-parliament-members-bangla?layout=edit&id=973 |archive-date=2020-08-06}} is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Cox's Bazar-4 constituency during 2009–2019.

Bodi did not get the party's nomination for the 2018 Bangladeshi general election. Instead his wife, Shahin Akhtar, did and went on to win the election and became the incumbent member of the same constituency.{{Cite news |title=Bodi's wife Shahin Akhter wins Cox's Bazar-4 seat |url=https://bdnews24.com/11thparliamentaryelection/bodis-wife-shahin-akhter-wins-coxs-bazar-4-seat |access-date=2020-07-25 |work=bdnews24.com |date=30 December 2018 |language=en}}

Drug trafficking

In a June 2015 report, Bodi topped the list of 79 leading human traffickers of Cox's Bazar according the Ministry of Home Affairs.{{Cite news |last=Hasan |first=Shariful |title=Bodi leads Rohingya intrusion; yaba, human trafficking |url=https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/Bodi-leads-Rohigya-intrusion-yaba-human |access-date=2020-09-18 |work=Prothom Alo |language=en |date=2015-06-17}} According to the Narcotics Control Department, he was the chief patron of the yaba smugglers. Bodi's constituency Teknaf is the only smuggling route of yaba through the Bangladesh-Myanmar border.{{Cite news |date=2018-06-03 |title=Yaba 'Godfathers': Out of Teknaf, into safety |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/yaba-godfathers-out-teknaf-safety-1585462 |access-date=2020-09-18 |work=The Daily Star |language=en}}

Bodi was also one of the facilitators who help Rohingya people get on the voter list and get a national identity card illegally. In July 2016, he was accused of being present in a meeting of Rohingya Solidarity Organization, an insurgency group in Myanmar, by Lieutenant Colonel Abuzar Al Jahid, commanding officer of Border Guards Bangladesh. A team of the guards had raided the meeting.{{Cite news |date=2016-08-01 |title=MP Bodi: I was not there |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2016/08/01/mp-bodi-not |access-date=2020-09-18 |work=Dhaka Tribune}}{{Cite news |date=2016-07-31 |title=BGB busts RSO meeting, AL MP flees |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2016/07/31/bgb-busts-rso-meeting-al-mp-flees |access-date=2020-09-18 |work=Dhaka Tribune}}

Charges and convictions

In 2007, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) accused Bodi for hiding information of Tk 43.4 lakh and accumulating wealth of Tk 66.7 lakh from unknown sources of income. He was indicted for this case in September 2020.{{Cite news |date=2020-09-13 |title=Ex-MP Bodi indicted in corruption case filed in 2007 |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/coxs-bazar-ex-mp-bodi-indicted-in-corruption-case-1960593 |access-date=2020-09-18 |work=The Daily Star |language=en}}

On 21 August 2014, ACC accused Bodi of amassing wealth illegally and concealing information in his wealth statement.{{Cite news |date=2016-11-02 |title=AL MP Bodi jailed for 3yrs for concealing wealth |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/country/al-mp-bodi-jailed-3yrs-concealing-wealth-1308202 |access-date=2020-09-18 |work=The Daily Star |language=en}} He was convicted and sentenced to three years in prison on corruption charges in November 2016.{{cite news |title=AL MP Bodi lands in jail |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/country/al-mp-bodi-lands-jail-1308409 |work=The Daily Star |access-date=7 December 2016 |date=2 November 2016}} He secured a bail from Bangladesh High Court in the case.{{cite news |title=Convicted AL MP Bodi gets HC bail in graft case |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/politics/convicted-al-mp-bodi-gets-hc-bail-graft-case-1315615 |work=The Daily Star |access-date=7 December 2016 |date=16 November 2016}} In May 2022, High Court cleared the way for the lower court to run the trial proceedings of that case.{{Cite web |date=2022-05-22 |title=Corruption case against ex-MP Bodi will be tried: HC |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/crime-justice/news/corruption-case-against-ex-mp-bodi-will-be-tried-hc-3029291 |access-date=2022-05-22 |website=The Daily Star |language=en}}

References

Category:Living people

Category:1970 births

Category:Awami League politicians

Category:9th Jatiya Sangsad members

Category:10th Jatiya Sangsad members

Category:People from Teknaf Upazila

Category:Politicians from Cox's Bazar District