Former MP Bodi shifted to Ctg jail

Former member of parliament (MP) of Cox's Bazar-4 (Ukhia-Teknaf) Abdur Rahman Bodi was shifted to the Chittagong Central Jail on Friday (September 6).

He was brought to Chittagong from Cox's Bazar amid strict security on Friday night.
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-7 arrested Bodi from GEC crossing in Chittagong on August 21 last in an attempt to murder case at Teknaf in Cox's Bazar. Then he was taken to the Cox's Bazar court where senior judicial magistrate Hamimun Tamzid's court sent him to jail.

Chittagong Central Jail's deputy jailer Sumaiya Khatun said Abdur Rahman Bodi was shifted to Chittagong Central Jail for security reasons. There are cases against him at Chittagong court filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).

On August 18 last, Teknaf Upazila BNP leader Mohammad Abdullah filed a case against 20 people including Bodi over an alleged attempt to murder at KK Para area under Teknaf Municipality. He was arrested in that case.

In the 11th and 12th parliamentary elections, Bodi's wife Shahin Akter was elected member of parliament (MP) twice instead of her husband.

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