Saiful Islam Hiru
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| disappeared_date = 27 November 2013
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| office = Member of Parliament
| term_start = 1988
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| predecessor = Rafiqul Hossain
| successor = ATM Alamgir
| party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party
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Saiful Islam Hiru is a Bangladeshi politician from the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and a former Member of Parliament.
Career
Saiful Islam Hiru was elected to Parliament from Comilla-10 in 1988 representing Laksham.{{cite news |title=Return Salahuddin to family: Khaleda|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/politics/return-salahuddin-family-khaleda-81519|work=The Daily Star|accessdate=18 January 2017|language=en|date=10 May 2015}} He is the president of Laksham Upazila unit of Bangladesh Nationalist Party.{{cite news |title=Tareque Sayeed faces case in Comilla|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/tareque-sayeed-faces-case-in-comilla-24695|work=The Daily Star|accessdate=18 January 2017|language=en|date=19 May 2014}}
Disappearance
On 27 November 2013, Saiful Islam Hiru and fellow BNP politician Humayun Kabir Parvez were travelling from Laksham to Comilla on an ambulance when they disappeared. Tareque Sayeed, commanding officer of Rapid Action Battalion-11 was mentioned in the case filed by Hiru's relatives. Tareque would be arrested and sentenced to death in the Narayanganj Seven Murder case.{{cite news |title=Allegations of abduction against Tarek Sayeed galore|url=http://en.prothom-alo.com/bangladesh/news/136373/Allegations-of-abduction-against-Tarek-Sayeed|work=Prothom Alo|accessdate=18 January 2017}}
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Category:Bangladesh Nationalist Party politicians
Category:4th Jatiya Sangsad members
Category:Enforced disappearances in Bangladesh
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:Missing person cases in Bangladesh
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