Nadim Mostafa
{{Short description|Bangladeshi politician (1965/1966–2024)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Nadim Mostafa
| office = Member of Bangladesh Parliament
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| birth_date = 1965/1966
| birth_place = East Pakistan, Pakistan (now Bangladesh)
| death_date = {{death date and given age|df=y|2024|06|30|58}}
| death_place = Dhaka, Bangladesh
| party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party
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Nadim Mostafa ({{langx|bn|নাদিম মোস্তফা}}; 1965/1966 – 30 June 2024) was a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a member of parliament for Rajshahi-4.{{cite news |title=Ex-BNP MP Nadim Mustafa jailed for 5 years |url=https://bdnews24.com/politics/2007/07/03/ex-bnp-mp-nadim-mustafa-jailed-for-5-years |accessdate=18 October 2019 |work=bdnews24.com |archive-date=18 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191018184427/https://bdnews24.com/politics/2007/07/03/ex-bnp-mp-nadim-mustafa-jailed-for-5-years |url-status=live }} He was a close associate of Tarique Rahman, son of Ziaur Rahman and Khaleda Zia.{{Cite web|date=11 October 2018|title=Crown to crime|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/august-21-carnage/news/crown-crime-1645498|access-date=18 May 2021|website=The Daily Star|language=en|archive-date=19 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210519053333/https://www.thedailystar.net/august-21-carnage/news/crown-crime-1645498|url-status=live}}
Career
Mostafa was elected to parliament from Rajshahi-4 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in 1996 and 2001.{{cite web |url=http://votemonitor.net:80/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=55 |title=Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics |author= |date= |website=Vote Monitor Networks |access-date=11 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081229000617/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=55 |archive-date=29 December 2008 |url-status=dead }} He was the special secretary of Bangladesh Nationalist Party.{{cite news |title=BNP leader Mostafa Mostafa reportedly held |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/uncategorized/2015/01/19/bnp-leader-Mostafa-mostafa-reportedly-held |accessdate=18 October 2019 |work=Dhaka Tribune |date=19 January 2015 |archive-date=18 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191018184423/https://www.dhakatribune.com/uncategorized/2015/01/19/bnp-leader-Mostafa-mostafa-reportedly-held |url-status=live }}
Mostafa went into hiding in early 2007 during the 2006–2008 Bangladeshi political crisis.{{Cite web|date=14 May 2008|title=Rajshahi BNP in crisis as bigwigs in jail or hiding|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-36449|access-date=18 May 2021|website=The Daily Star|language=en|archive-date=19 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210519054859/https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-36449|url-status=live}} On 3 July 2007, Mostafa was sentenced to five years imprisonment for extortion.{{Cite web |date=15 August 2007 |title=Nadim Mostafa gets 10-yr in jail for felony |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-7 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518203502/https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-7 |archive-date=18 May 2021 |access-date=18 May 2021 |website=The Daily Star |language=en}}
Charges were framed against him on 24 April 2007 for supporting militants.{{Cite web|title=Charges pressed against Aminul, Dulu, Mostafa for patronising JMB|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2007/04/24/d7042401129.htm|access-date=18 May 2021|website=archive.thedailystar.net|archive-date=18 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518113941/http://archive.thedailystar.net/2007/04/24/d7042401129.htm|url-status=live}} A victim of Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh filed the case against Mostafa, Ruhul Kuddus Talukder Dulu, and Aminul Haque were charged in the case of abetting the Islamic militant organisation.{{Cite web|title=Trial of 3 JMB patrons may start today|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2007/06/25/d70625013320.htm|access-date=18 May 2021|website=archive.thedailystar.net|publisher=The Daily Star|archive-date=18 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518113931/http://archive.thedailystar.net/2007/06/25/d70625013320.htm|url-status=live}} In July 2007, Mostafa was acquitted in the case over the embezzlement of corrugated galvanised iron sheets from a government relief fund.{{Cite web|title=The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 5 Num 1100|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2007/07/05/d7070501118.htm|access-date=18 May 2021|website=archive.thedailystar.net|archive-date=18 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518113920/http://archive.thedailystar.net/2007/07/05/d7070501118.htm|url-status=live}} On 15 August 2007, Mostafa was sentenced to ten years imprisonment on an extortion case. He was alleged to have tried to extort Molla Hasan Imam Faruk, Maria Union Parishad chairperson, ahead of elections. On 25 September 2007, two other cases were filed against him, one for extortion and another for abetting militants.{{Cite web|date=25 September 2007|title=Aminul Haque, Dulu, Mostafa sued again for abetting militants|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-5382|access-date=18 May 2021|website=The Daily Star|language=en|archive-date=18 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518205105/https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-5382|url-status=live}}
The Daily Star reported on 3 August 2008 that Mostafa, along with Ruhul Kuddus Talukder Dulu, Mizanur Rahman Minu, and Alamgir Kabir, used state resources during the Bangladesh Nationalist Party government to finance militants such as Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh in Rajshahi.{{Cite web|date=3 August 2008|title=Candidates shun militancy issue|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-48709|access-date=18 May 2021|website=The Daily Star|language=en|archive-date=19 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210519013035/https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-48709|url-status=live}} The Anti-Corruption Commission pressed charges against him for allegedly possessing 28.6 million taka in illegal wealth on 11 November 2008.{{Cite web|date=11 November 2008|title=Charges pressed against ex-MP Mostafa Mostafa|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-62816|access-date=18 May 2021|website=The Daily Star|language=en|archive-date=18 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518203515/https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-62816|url-status=live}} The name of his wife, Nurunnahar Parul, was dropped from the charge sheet as no evidence was found against her during the investigation.
On 13 May 2009, Mostafa surrendered before a Rajshahi court and was sent to jail by Judge Lutfa Begum.{{Cite web|date=13 May 2009|title=Mostafa, Millat sent to jail on surrender|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-87987|access-date=18 May 2021|website=The Daily Star|language=en|archive-date=30 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240630204828/https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-87987|url-status=live}} Mostafa secured bail from a bench of the Bangladesh High Court on 5 June 2009.{{Cite web|date=5 June 2009|title=8 convicts get bail|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-91328|access-date=18 May 2021|website=The Daily Star|language=en|archive-date=18 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518205053/https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-91328|url-status=live}} On 14 July 2009, a victim of Bangla Bhai sued Mostafa for allegedly supporting the terrorist in 2004.{{Cite web|date=14 July 2009|title=Dulu, Mostafa sued for abetting militants|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-96999|access-date=18 May 2021|website=The Daily Star|language=en|archive-date=18 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518200348/https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-96999|url-status=live}}
On 22 March 2011, supporters of Mostafa clashed with activists of the Awami League in Rajshahi.{{Cite web|date=22 March 2011|title=20 injured as AL, BNP clash|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-178665|access-date=18 May 2021|website=The Daily Star|language=en|archive-date=18 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518203526/https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-178665|url-status=live}} In April 2011, an investigation commission found that he was involved in the repression of religious minorities during the 2001 Bangladesh post-election violence.{{Cite web|date=26 April 2011|title=Over 200 minority women raped|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-183262|access-date=18 May 2021|website=The Daily Star|language=en|archive-date=18 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518200401/https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-183262|url-status=live}}
On 30 April 2012, Mostafa participated in a countrywide strike called by Bangladesh Nationalist Party in which 10 people were injured in Rajshahi.{{Cite web|date=30 April 2012|title=Clashes, arrests mark first day|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-232188|access-date=18 May 2021|website=The Daily Star|language=en|archive-date=30 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240630204829/https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-232188|url-status=live}} Mizanur Rahman Minu, joint secretary of the Rajshahi District unit of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, burned Mostafa's effigies while allegeding that Mostafa's supporters dominated all committees of Bangladesh Nationalist Party in the district on 19 December 2012.{{Cite web|date=19 December 2010|title=Conflicts upset grassroots|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-166514|access-date=18 May 2021|website=The Daily Star|language=en|archive-date=19 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210519053309/https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-166514|url-status=live}} Mostafa was the president of the Rajshahi District unit of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.
Mostafa was injured while participating in a hartal (strike) in Rajshahi on 23 April 2013.{{Cite web|date=23 April 2013|title=District hartal progresses amid clashes, vandalism|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/district-hartal-progresses-amid-clashes-vandalism|access-date=18 May 2021|website=The Daily Star|language=en|archive-date=19 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210519054912/https://www.thedailystar.net/news/district-hartal-progresses-amid-clashes-vandalism|url-status=live}} It was the first day of a 36-hour countrywide strike called by Bangladesh Nationalist Party.{{Cite web|date=24 April 2013|title=Clashes, vandalism, cocktail blasts mark first day of hartal|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/clashes-vandalism-cocktail-blasts-mark-first-day-of-hartal|access-date=18 May 2021|website=The Daily Star|language=en|archive-date=19 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210519054848/https://www.thedailystar.net/news/clashes-vandalism-cocktail-blasts-mark-first-day-of-hartal|url-status=live}} On 29 September 2013, Mostafa was sued along with 89 others for their involvement in the death of Constable Siddhartha Chandra Sarkar. On 26 December 2012, Siddhartha Chandra Sarkar was killed and eight other police officers were injured in a bomb attack on a police van by Bangladesh Nationalist Party activists during a strike.{{Cite web|date=29 September 2014|title=89 Rajshahi BNP, Jamaat men charged with killing cop|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/89-rajshahi-bnp-jamaat-men-charged-with-killing-cop-43861|access-date=18 May 2021|website=The Daily Star|language=en|archive-date=18 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518120243/https://www.thedailystar.net/89-rajshahi-bnp-jamaat-men-charged-with-killing-cop-43861|url-status=live}}
Mostafa was nominated by Bangladesh Nationalist Party to contest the 2018 general election from Rajshahi-5.{{Cite web|date=17 December 2018|title='Allocate "Sheaf of Paddy" symbol to BNP's Nazrul'|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/bnp-candidate-nazrul-islam-allocate-sheaf-of-paddy-election-symbol-1674916|access-date=18 May 2021|website=The Daily Star|language=en|archive-date=18 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518203450/https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/bnp-candidate-nazrul-islam-allocate-sheaf-of-paddy-election-symbol-1674916|url-status=live}} Bangladesh Nationalist Party originally nominated professor Nazrul Islam and then later gave the nomination to Mostafa. Bangladesh High Court in a verdict disallowed him from participating in the election.{{Cite web|date=18 December 2018|title=BNP loses 8 candidates after SC, HC orders|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/city/news/bnp-loses-8-candidates-after-sc-hc-orders-1675294|access-date=18 May 2021|website=The Daily Star|language=en|archive-date=30 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240630204903/https://www.thedailystar.net/city/news/bnp-loses-8-candidates-after-sc-hc-orders-1675294|url-status=live}}
Death
Nadim died on 30 June 2024 at United Hospital, Dhaka, after suffering a heart attack. He was 58.{{Cite web |date=30 June 2024 |title=Ex-BNP MP Nadim Mostafa dies |url=https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/ex-bnp-mp-nadim-mostafa-dies-888156 |access-date=30 June 2024 |website=The Business Standard |language=en |archive-date=30 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240630144555/https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/ex-bnp-mp-nadim-mostafa-dies-888156 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=https://www.dailymessenger.net/politics/news/22980 |title=Ex-BNP MP Nadim Mostafa dies |access-date=30 June 2024 |archive-date=30 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240630093951/https://www.dailymessenger.net/politics/news/22980 |url-status=live }}