Sayeed Khokon is a Bangladeshi businessman, politician who's served as mayor of

Dhaka South City Corporation Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) is one of the two municipal corporations in Dhaka created when the former Dhaka City Corporation (first declared in 1864) was divided into two by the Local Government (City Corporation) Amendment Bill 2011 on ...

from 2015 to 2020. His father Mohammad Hanif was Dhaka city's first elected mayor. He is the executive member of Awami League central working committee.

Early life

Khokon's father Mohammad Hanif was the first elected mayor of Dhaka.

Mayor election

Khokon collected nomination form of Awami League on 24 March 2015. He won in the first Dhaka South City Corporation election on 29 April 2015. On 26 July 2017, Khokon blamed Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority for water logging problems in the city. On 26 December 2019, Khokon collected Dhaka South City Corporation nomination papers from Awami League. The nomination went to

Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh (born 19 November 1971) is a Bangladeshi politician and current Mayor of South Dhaka. He previously served as a Member of the Jatiya Sangsad for Dhaka-10 and Dhaka-12 from the Bangladesh Awami League. Early life Taposh ...

and Khokon accordingly accepted the decision of the party and party president, Prime Minister

Sheikh Hasina Sheikh Hasina Wazed (''née'' Sheikh Hasina ; ; bn, শেখ হাসিনা ওয়াজেদ, Shēkh Hasinā, , born 28 September 1947) is a Bangladeshi politician who has served as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Prime Minister ...

. A case was filed against Sayeed Khokon and several other for allegedly embezzling 350m BDT by the Gulistan Fulbaria City Supermarket-2 owners' association president Md Delwar Hossain in December 2020. The money had been paid for allocation of shops in block A between 2015 and 2019 which were later demolished for violating the original design of the complex. 911 shops were demolished by the city corporation on 9 December. Judge KM Emrul Kayesh of Dhaka Court on 28 June 2021 order the accounts of Khokon and his wife, sister, and mother be frozen. The accounts were frozen after a request from the deputy director of the Anti-Corruption Commission Jalal Uddin Ahmed who was in charge of the investigation on Khokon. On 28 July 2021,

Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit is a government agency of Bangladesh responsible for investigating money laundering, suspicious transactions, and cash transaction reports. The unit works under Bangladesh bank. Md Masud Biswas is the ch ...

sought information on accounts held by Khokon from banks in Bangladesh. He blamed his successor, Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh, for instigating the actions of Anti Corruption Commission. Taposh did not respond to the allegations. He also alleged his successor kept millions of city corporation fund in

Modhumoti Bank Limited Modhumoti Bank Limited is a private limited commercial bank in Bangladesh. The bank was established in 2013. Md Shafiul Azam is the Chief Executive Officer of the Bank. Humayun Kabir is the chairperson and Sheikh Salahuddin Jewel is the Vice Chai ...

, which Taposh owned. Two defamation suits were filed against Khokon for his comments about Taposh but Taposh himself called for their withdrawal.

References

1970 births Living people Awami League politicians Bangladeshi businesspeople Mayors of Dhaka {{AwamiLeague-politician-stub