Ex-MP Ali Azam Mukul arrested

RAB members have arrested Ali Azam Mukul, 55, former Member of Parliament from Bhola-2 constituency and also nephew of Awami League veteran politician former minister Tofail Ahmed.

He was arrested from Hazaribagh area of the capital on Wednesday evening, said a message from RAB-2.

According to RAB, the arrestee Ali Azam Mukul is one of the accused in the murder case of Nahidul Islam in Mirpur area on July 19 while the anti-discrimination student movement was going on.

Ali Azam was the mayor of Daulatkhan Municipality. In the 2014 general election, Ali Azam was elected as a Member of Parliament for the first time. After that, he was elected as lawmaker for the second and third terms in the 2018 and 2024 national parliamentary elections.