Jahangir Alam (politician)

Zahangir Alam (born 12 Sep 1979) is a Bangladeshi politician and businessman. Aligned with the Bangladesh Awami League, he was elected as second mayor of the Gazipur City Corporation in July 2018.[1][2][3] He is the Managing Director of Honourable Textile Composite Ltd and Z Alam Apparels.[4]

Zahangir Alam
জাহাঙ্গীর আলম
2nd Mayor of Gazipur
Assumed office
27 July 2018
Prime MinisterSheikh Hasina
Preceded byM. A. Mannan
Personal details
Born (1979-05-07) 7 May 1979
Gazipur District, Bangladesh
NationalityBangladeshi
Political partyBangladesh Awami League
OccupationBusiness
Known forPolitician, businessman

Early life and education

Zahangir Alam was born in Gazipur District. He passed SSC, HSC exam from Bhawal Badre Alam Govt. College. He completed graduation and post graduation from the same college. After that, he earned LLB degree from National University in Bangladesh.[5]

Political career

In July 2018 Alam was elected as Mayor of Gazipur City Corporation as the Bangladesh Awami League candidate.[6] In the election Alam, with a ‘boat’ symbol, got 400,010 votes while Hasan Uddin Sarkar, with an election symbol of a ‘sheaf of paddy’, managed to secure 197,611 votes.[7][8] He was the former vice-president of Bangladesh Chhatra League and vice-chairman of Gazipur Sadar Upazila.

Tenure as a mayor of Gazipur City Corporation

During the 2019-20 session, Zahangir Alam announced a budget of approximately 700 million USD income and 550 million USD expense for Gazipur City Corporation.[9] While working as a mayor of Gazipur City Corporation, mayor Zahangir Alam disclosed about corruption and irregularities in the City Corporation. In May 2019 at a press briefing, he revealed that 14 employees of Gazipur City Corporation got show cause notice over corruption and irregularity charges.[10] In July same year in another press briefing, he informed the journalists that among the 14 accused employees, 6 had been suspended, 3 had been temporarily suspended and the remaining 5 had been served show-cause notices for alleged corruption.[11]

Main article: Murder of Engineer Delwoar

On May 11, 2020 Delwoar Hossain, the executive engineer of Gazipur City Corporation was murdered allegedly by his colleague. The investigation agency and Delwoar's family suspects that the motive behind Delwoar's murder was corruption of the City Corporation projects.[12] Police arrested Anisur Rahman Selim, an assistant engineer of Gazipur City Corporation as a suspect of the murder case. Mayor Jahangir Alam told the Daily Prothom Alo that he knew about the corruption of Selim but never took any measures against him.[13] Jahangir told another news channel Channel i that he suspects the murder could be caused because of bribe money from contractors.[14]

References
  1. "AL's Jahangir Alam elected Gazipur mayor". The Daily Star. 2018-06-26. Retrieved 2018-09-16.
  2. "New Gazipur city mayor sworn in". The Independent. Dhaka. 2018-07-26. Retrieved 2018-09-16.
  3. "Awami League's Zahangir Alam elected Gazipur mayor". Dhaka Tribune. 2018-06-27. Retrieved 2018-09-16.
  4. "Gazipur City Corporation polls: AL candidate Zahangir supersedes BNP's Hasan Sarker in net wealth". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2018-09-16.
  5. ছাত্রলীগের রাজনীতি থেকে নগরপিতা. Somoy Tribune (in Bengali). 2018-06-28. Retrieved 2018-09-16.
  6. "Zahangir Alam sworn in as GCC mayor". Prothom Alo. Retrieved 2018-09-16.
  7. risingbd.com. "Jahangir Alam wins Gazipur city election". risingbd.com. Retrieved 2018-09-16.
  8. "AL's Zahangir elected mayor". Daily Sun. Retrieved 2018-09-16.
  9. "Budget for Gazipur city announced". The Daily Star. 2019-07-24. Retrieved 2020-07-20.
  10. "14 GCC staff show-caused on corruption charge". New Age Bangladesh. United News of Bangladesh. 21 May 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  11. "9 GCC staff suspended over graft". New Age Bangladesh. Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha. 10 July 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  12. Javed, Hasan (May 17, 2020). "GCC executive engineer pays with his life for standing up to corruption". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  13. Asaduzzaman (27 May 2020). "প্রকৌশলী দেলোয়ার খুনে গ্রেপ্তার আনিছুর দুর্নীতিবাজ: মেয়র জাহাঙ্গীর". Prothom Alo. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  14. Morol, Fazlul Haq (31 May 2020). "ঘুষ ও অনৈতিক সুবিধা না নেওয়ায় খুন হন প্রকৌশলী দেলোয়া". Channel I online. Retrieved 21 July 2020.


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