Abdus Salam Pintu

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Abdus Salam Pintu
আব্দুস সালাম পিন্টু
Deputy Minister of Education
In office
10 October 2001 – 22 May 2003
Deputy Minister of Industries
In office
22 May 2003 – 13 March 2006
Deputy Minister of Information
In office
13 March 2006 – 29 October 2006
Member of Parliament
for Tangail-2
In office
2001–2006
Preceded byKhandaker Asaduzzaman
Succeeded byKhandaker Asaduzzaman
Personal details
NationalityBangladeshi
Political partyBangladesh Nationalist Party

Abdus Salam Pintu is a Bangladeshi politician. He is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party member and a former deputy Minister for Education.[1][2] In 2018, he was sentenced to death for involvement in the 2004 Dhaka grenade attack.[3]

Career[edit]

Pintu served as deputy minister for education from 2001 to 2003. After that he served as deputy minister for industries from 2003 to 2006.[citation needed]

In January 2008, Pintu was arrested for involvement in the 2004 Dhaka grenade attack.[1] In June 2008, the CID submitted charge sheet accusing 22, including Pintu and his brother, Maulana Tajuddin, a leader of Harkatul Jihad al Islami.[4][5] In October 2016, he was found guilty on charges of killing through common intention, planning and criminal conspiracy and was sentenced to death.[3]

Pintu was made vice-chairman of BNP's executive committee in 2016, at which time he was in prison.[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Ex-dy minister Abdus Salam Pintu held". The Daily Star. 2008-01-03. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
  2. ^ "19 accused in attack on Hasina still absconding". Gulf Times. 2015-08-20. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
  3. ^ a b "August 21 attack: 'State-backed crime' punished". The Daily Star. 2018-10-11. Retrieved 2020-01-23.
  4. ^ "Justice in long wait". The Daily Star. 2016-08-21. Retrieved 2020-01-23.
  5. ^ "A test for investigators". The Daily Star. 2012-08-18. Retrieved 2016-11-16.
  6. ^ "Long list with many surprises". The Daily Star. 2016-08-06. Retrieved 2016-09-11.


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