Golam Faruque Ovi

Golam Faruque Ovi is a Jatiya Party (Ershad) politician and the former Member of the Parliament of Bangladesh.

Golam Faruque Ovi
Member of Bangladesh Parliament
In office
1996–2001
Preceded byRashed Khan Menon
Succeeded bySyed Moazzem Hossain Alal
Personal details
Political partyJatiya Party (Ershad)

Career

Ovi was elected to Parliament from the Barisal-2 constituency as a Jatiya Party candidate in 1996.[1] In 2006, he moved to Canada and tried to file a nomination papers with Bangladesh Election Commission through his lawyer as an Independent candidate. He had opposed the move by Jatiya Party to join the Bangladesh Nationalist Party led alliance.[2]

Alleged murder case

In 2008, Ovi was charged by Bangladesh Police with the murder of model Tinni (birth name Syeda Tania Mahbub Tinni), who was a Bangladeshi model and actress born in Wari, Dhaka. On 10 November 2002, her body was found on a pillar under the Buriganga Bridge which was due to a murder alleged to be perpetrated by Ovi.[3][4] Tinni was his girlfriend at the time and he allegedly killed her because he didn't want to marry her.[3]

References
  1. "Parliament Election Result of 1991,1996,2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 28 December 2008. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  2. "The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 5 Num 922". archive.thedailystar.net. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
  3. "Ovi finally charged in model Tinni murder case". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  4. "Tinni murder trial begins after nine years". The Daily Star. April 11, 2011. Retrieved October 30, 2015.
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