A Bangladeshi lawmaker, Kazi Shahid Islam alias Papul, has been arrested in Kuwait on charges of human trafficking and money laundering recently. This has brought great shame for the entire country. He is an MP from the Laxmipur-2 constituency.
According to media reports, he has been living in Kuwait permanently since 1989. He is a chief executive of a company there. Yet he was elected a member of the national parliament of Bangladesh. His wife has also become a member of the reserved women’s seat. The couple had no direct involvement with politics until 2018.
The local Awami League leaders and activists start campaigning for Shahid Islam when the nominee of the Jatiya Party withdrew 15 days before the election. We all can guess why such incidents take place in politics.
According to a report in Gulf News on Monday, the country’s CID arrested Shahid Islam from the Mushrif area of Kuwait on Saturday night. He is accused of human trafficking and money laundering.
CID officials interrogated five Bangladeshi nationals and found that the MP had taken 3,000 dinars from each of them. Besides, he has taken extra money for visa renewal.
