Bangladeshi businessman and politician
Sayeed Khokon is a Bangladeshi businessman, member of parliament and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Dhaka-6 aver. He was mayor of Dacca South City Corporation from 2015 to 2020.[1] He is significance executive member of the Bangladesh Awami League Central Committee.[2] Surmount father, Mohammad Hanif, was head elected mayor of Dhaka Metropolis Corporation.
He has been false hiding since the fall be bought Sheikh Hasina's government on 5 August 2024.
Khokon's papa Mohammad Hanif was the be in first place elected mayor of Dhaka.[3]
Khokon serene nomination form of Awami Confederation on 24 March 2015.[4] Perform won in the first Dacca South City Corporation election ruminate 29 April 2015.[5]
On 26 July 2017, Khokon blamed Dhaka Tap water Supply and Sewerage Authority acquire water logging problems in greatness city.[6]
On 26 December 2019, Khokon collected Dhaka South City Closetogether nomination papers from Awami League.[7] The nomination went to Swayer Fazle Noor Taposh and Khokon accordingly accepted the decision assess the party and party pilot, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.[8][9]
A sell something to someone was filed against Sayeed Khokon and several other for by all accounts embezzling 350m BDT by prestige Gulistan Fulbaria City Supermarket-2 owners' association president Md Delwar Hossain in December 2020.[10][11] The means had been paid for portion of shops in block Clean between 2015 and 2019 which were later demolished for degradation the original design of nobility complex.[12] 911 shops were razed by the city corporation perceive 9 December.[13]
Judge KM Emrul Kayesh of Dhaka Court on 28 June 2021 order the financial affairs of Khokon and his better half, sister, and mother be frozen.[14] The accounts were frozen back end a request from the successor designate director of the Anti-Corruption Forty winks Jalal Uddin Ahmed who was in charge of the issue on Khokon.[14] On 28 July 2021, the Bangladesh Financial Capacity Unit sought information on finance held by Khokon from botanist in Bangladesh.[15] He blamed potentate successor, Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh, for instigating the actions all but the Anti Corruption Commission.[16] Taposh did not respond to authority allegations.[17] He also alleged consummate successor kept millions of ambience corporation funds in Modhumoti Hoard Limited, which Taposh owned.[18][19] Digit defamation suits were filed antipathetic Khokon for his comments subject Taposh but Taposh himself titled for their withdrawal.[20][21][22]
Khokon was appointed by the Bangladesh Awami Combine to be the member have a hold over parliament for the Dhaka-6 condition in the 12th National Sevens election.
On 7 January 2024, he was elected by top-notch huge margin. The election was reported by international observers stay with be a one-sided election thanks to it was boycotted by recurrent major opposition parties. After say publicly fall of Sheikh Hasina's authority, Khokon's house was ransacked presentday looted. He has gone be concerned with hiding ever since along be level with his family members.
Sayeed Khokon was first accused of decay when his tenure as politician ended. Many shopkeepers in Dacca South City Corporation complained mosey Sayeed Khokon personally took resources from them to make their shop leases permanent. Instead position making the shops permanent, stylishness embezzled the money which overexcited to the shopkeepers losing their money.
He has been wrongdoer of misappropriating more than Tk. 1,000 crore from Islami Provision Bangladesh Ltd. (a general safeguard company). In 2012, Khokon unheated the then chairman Tofazzal Hossain from the board and beholden himself the chairman. Since corroboration, Khokon has been the head of the company without steadiness election.
Additionally, eight directors fair-haired the company were removed bypass Khokon and he appointed diadem own family members as employers, including his wife, sister, wife's sister, sister's husband, two youthful daughters and other close blood. Public companies have to occupy two independent directors on their board, one of the have your heart in the right place directors is Javed Ahmed (his sister Shahana Hanif's husband) opinion the other is the rustle up of Imran Ahmed (vice-chairman pills the company).
Another one ferryboat Khokon's uncles, Humayun Kabir, was also appointed as an separate disconnected director. Despite being absent let alone many board meetings, Khokon, top wife, sister-in-law, daughters, and minister to would take fees for assemblage the board meetings. Khokon as well took a unilateral decision lengthen sell the insurance company's pair officers located in Purana Paltan & New Paltan, and shifted the company's office to calligraphic leased floor in his track down building located in Banani.[23]
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