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Kamal Ahmed Majumder
Bangladeshi politician From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kamal Ahmed Majumder (born 3 March 1950) is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Dhaka-15 since its inception in 2009 until 2024.[1] He served as a State Minister of Industries during 2019–2024 at the fourth Hasina ministry.[2]
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Early life
Majumder graduated with a B.A. degree.[3]
Career
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Majumder contested the controversial by-election in Mirpur on 3 February 1993. He lost the election to Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate Sayed Muhammad Mohsin.[4] He was arrested in August 2002 by Bangladesh Police during the Bangladesh Nationalist Party government. Amnesty International feared that he would be tortured in custody.[5]
Majumder was elected to Parliament in the 2008 Bangladeshi general election, beating Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate Muhammad Hamidullah Khan.[6] On 22 October 2013 his car was attacked with Molotov cocktails outside Mohona TV.[7] He was elected to Parliament in the General Election 2014 as a candidate of Bangladesh Awami League from Dhaka-15. He beat his nearest rival Ekhlas Uddin Molla, an independent candidate by 26,786 votes.[8] Majumder is the chairman of Mohona TV, a private television channel.[9] He is a member of the Parliamentary standing committee on Housing and Public Works Ministry.[10]
On 19 October 2024, a Dhaka court placed him on a three-day remand in connection with the killing of student Ikramul Haque. Ikramul had sustained bullet injuries on 4 August during the student-led mass uprising and later died at the Combined Military Hospital on 14 August. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Judge Ali Haider passed the remand order after the investigation officer requested a seven-day remand. Kamal was arrested by police from Gulshan in the early hours of 18 October. Ikramul's father, Ziaul Haque, had filed a murder case on 7 September with Shah Ali police station.[11]
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Personal life
Majumder is married to Shahida Majumdar. She is the daughter of Syed Yasin.Shahida was sued by Bangladesh Anti-Corruption Commission for possession of illegal wealth.[12] His son, Ziauddin Ahmed Majumder Jewel, was the managing director of Mohona TV.[9] Jewel was sentenced to 40 years in jail in 2002 for the murder of Shipu, a cell phone trader in Banani.[13][14] Jewel died on 29 May 2017.[9]
Controversy
Majumder assaulted RTV journalist, Aparna Singha, and cameraman, Syed Haider, on 4 January 2012 in the Monipur High School and College at Mirpur. He is the president of the Monipur High School managing committee.[15] He was fined in 2013 by Bangladesh Election Commission for violating the electoral code of conduct while campaigning for the 2014 Bangladesh general elections.[16] In 2014 he established an extrajudicial court called Social Justice Committee in his office in Mirpur. Mirpur police officers described the court as illegal.[17]
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