Mohammad Shahid Islam
Bangladesh politician
Mohammad Shahid Islam (known as Kazi Papul; born 18 May 1963) is a controversial Bangladeshi businessman and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Lakshmipur-2 constituency during 2018–2021 as an independent candidate.
Islam has been serving 7-year imprisonment in a Kuwaiti jail due to human trafficking, money laundering, and bribery cases against him, since January 2021.
Background and education
Islam was born on 28 May 1963 in Raipur Upazila of Lakshmipur District to Mohammad Nurul Islam and Tuhrun Nesha.
Political life
Islam defeated Abul Khair Bhuiyan of BNP as an independent politician candidate in the 11th Jatiya Sangsad elections in 2018.
Charges and convictions in Kuwait
On 6 June 2020, Islam was detained on allegations of human trafficking and money laundering from the Mishref residential area of Kuwait City by Kuwait's CID. Earlier on 27 February, the Anti-Corruption Commission of Bangladesh opened an inquiry against him for amassing Tk 1,400 crore by human trafficking to Kuwait and siphoning off the money to other countries. On 14 July, according to a Kuwait's Public Prosecution report, Papul confessed during interrogation that he had bribed 720,000 dinars (about Tk 20 crore) to two members of Kuwait's National Assembly to facilitate foreign workers' recruitment and financial transactions. He owned a construction company, Marafie Kuwaitia General Contracting Company, in Kuwait.
In November 2020, the Anti-Corruption Commission of Bangladesh (ACC) sued Papul for money laundering - he was accused of moving 148.41 crore Bangladeshi taka to different bank accounts of his sister-in-law, Jesmin Prodhan. ACC also sued Papul's wife, Selina, and their daughters, Wafa and Jesmin, in this case.
On 28 January 2021, Kuwait's Criminal Court sentenced him to four years in jail and fined him 1.9 million Kuwaiti dinars (around US$6.2 million) in human-trafficking and money-laundering cases.
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