Zainul Abdin Farroque is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a former member of parliament for Noakhali-2 and

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Early life

Zainul Abdin Farroque was born on 10 December 1949.

Career

In 2009 Farroque was elected to Parliament as an opposition Member of Parliament and appointed the opposition whip. On 6 July 2011 he was injured by members of

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in an opposition demonstration near the

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. He sued the police officers involved and filled a 100 million taka lawsuit against the government. The case was dismissed after investigators submitted a Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Hasibul Haque blaming Farroque for the incident. Farroque was arrested on 3 July 2017 by Bangladesh Police on cases that accused him of sabotage during protests against the government. He was granted bail on 6 September 2017 in two cases over protests against

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government. He is an adviser to former Prime Minister and Chairman of Bangladesh Nationalist Party,

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References

Bangladesh Nationalist Party politicians Living people 5th Jatiya Sangsad members 6th Jatiya Sangsad members 7th Jatiya Sangsad members 8th Jatiya Sangsad members 9th Jatiya Sangsad members 1949 births People from Senbagh Upazila {{BangladeshNationalistParty-politician-stub