Bangladeshi politician (born 1966)
Nizam Uddin Hazari (born 1 January 1966) is an Awami League politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Feni-2 constituency.
Early life
Hazari was born on 1 January 1966 to Dil Afroze Begum and Zainal Abedin.[1] He has a B.com degree.[1][2]
Career
Hazari started politics while he was a student of Chittagong Govt. Commerce College.[3] In the 1990s Uddin worked under AJM Nasir Uddin in Chittagong.[4] Uddin was sentenced to jail on an arms case on 22 March 1992.[5] He returned to Feni in 1997 to work under Joynal Hazari.[4]
On 16 August 2000, a court in Chittagong sentenced Hazari to ten years imprisonment on an arms case.[5] He was released after serving five years in jail.[5][6] He had appealed against the verdict with Bangladesh High Court and Bangladesh Supreme Court.[5]
Hazari was mayor of Feni in 2011.[5]
Hazari was elected to parliament from Feni-2 in 2014 unopposed as the election was boycotted by all major political parties.[7] He resigned from the post of mayor of Feni to participate in the election.[5]
In May 2014, Ekramul Haque, chairperson of Fulgazi Upazila, was assassinated. All of the accused were followers of Hazari.[4] Uddin and Joynal Hazari blamed each other over the murder.[8] According to The Daily Star, Uddin is believed to be behind the murder but he was not charged in case.[9]
On 8 June 2014, Bangladesh High Court issued a ruling asking the Election Commission, Government of Bangladesh, and Hazari to explain why his parliamentary membership should not be cancelled due to his conviction in the arms case.[3] Two subsequent benches of Bangladesh High Court said they were "too embarrassed" to hear the case and it was delayed.[3]
Hearing in the case over Hazari's parliamentary seat began on 19 June 2016 under justices Md Emdadul Huq and Md Iqbal Kabir who deferred the verdict.[3] On 2 March 2018, Justice Md Abu Zafor Siddique gave a verdict in favor of Uddin that allowed him to keep his parliamentary seat.[10]
In January 2017, Hazari sued the editor, Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury, of The Daily Observer over a report in the newspaper that described him as a drug lord.[11] In November 2017, Bangladesh Nationalist Party alleged Uddin of being responsible for an attack on the convoy of Khaleda Zia, former prime minister and chairperson of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.[12]
Hazari was re-elected in 2018 from Feni-2 as a candidate of Awami League.[13] He is a trustee board member of Feni University.[14]
Hazari visited Feni jail without permission and violating rules numerous times in 2019 to visit imprisoned Jubo League leaders.[15]
On 13 August 2024, Hazari was named as a primary accused in a murder case filed over the killing of an auto-rickshaw driver in Feni during the Non-cooperation movement (2024) on 4 August.[16]
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