Children 1(Daughter) Roza Ali Role Politician Name Mosaddek Falu | Website mosaddakali.com Religion Islam Education University of Dhaka | |
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Born 7 April 1960 (age 64) ( 1960-04-07 ) Spouse(s) Mrs. Mahbuba Sultana Lita Similar People Arafat Rahman Koko, Tarique Rahman, Ziaur Rahman | ||
Ntv chairman and managing director alhaj mohammad mosaddak ali first parliament speech 2004
Mohammad Mosaddak Ali (born 7 April 1960) is a Bangladeshi politician and a former parliamentarian from BNP. He served as the political secretary to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh Begum Khaleda Zia between 2001 and 2006. He was in penal institution on grounds of sleaze between 2007 and 2008. And HC upholds Falu’s acquittal in relief scam case.
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- Ntv chairman and managing director alhaj mohammad mosaddak ali first parliament speech 2004
- Ntv chairman alhaj mohammad mosaddak ali takes oath as dhaka 10 constituency lawmaker 2004
- Political secretary to the Prime Minister
- Parliamentarian
- Corruption charges
- Post caretaker government
- Business
- Share scam
- References
Ntv chairman alhaj mohammad mosaddak ali takes oath as dhaka 10 constituency lawmaker 2004
Political secretary to the Prime Minister
Falu began his career in politics as the political secretary to Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia. He became a close companion to the Prime Minister, earning her trust. Evidence of this closeness includes Falu being delegated important duties and accompanying Khaleda Zia during her umrahs, among others.
Parliamentarian
In light of Khaleda's two-way loyalty strategy Falu was allowed to contest for the 2004 by-election of the Dhaka-10 constituency when BNP parliamentarian M A Mannan's defection to Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh meant that the seat was vacant (defection from a political party automatically results in the parliament seat to be vacated under Article 70 of the Constitution). Falu won the elections, but the polls were considered to be sham by most observers, and according to WikiLeaks, including the United States.
He was sworn in hastily, only after 30 minutes of the release of the official gazette, raising questions. It takes at least 6 hours to prepare for oath-taking after the release of a gazette, and swear-ins from other by-elections were held about a week after official results.
Corruption charges
Following the resignation of Iajuddin Ahmed's caretaker government in January 2007 and the ascension of an army-backed caretaker government, Falu was among the first of many to be arrested on corruption charges - he was arrested on 5 February 2007. Soon after his arrest, 15 spotted deers reared illegally were retrieved from Falu's retreat in Savar.
Falu was found guilty on charges of relief embezzlement on 2 June 2008, after spending over a year in prison. He was sentenced 5 years in prison and a fine of 5.35 lakh taka ($ 7,133) or a further one year. The special court convened within parliament campus.
While in jail, he was entitled to division by virtue of being a former parliamentarian. However, he lost division in December 2008 when he was found to have held a meeting with another politician, Islami Oikya Jote leader Mufti Shahidul Islam at Dhaka Medical College Hospital. Previously, an iPod was confiscated from him. He was then sent to Kashimpur jail as a common prisoner. On 18 December 2008, the High Court ruled Falu's detention illegal and ordered bail. He was released on 22 December.
While on bail, Falu tried to make a trip to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia with his family in February 2009, and was denied exit by the immigration police.
In another lawsuit regarding the accumulation of wealth illegally and withholding information on assets, the Court halted grafts case and asked the government to explain why the lawsuit should not be scrapped.
He was granted anticipatory bail on another relief embezzlement charge in August 2010.
Post-caretaker government
Mohammad Mosaddak Ali continued to be a close aide of Khaleda Zia after Zia and Falu were released from prison and the caretaker regime ended. He was selected into the advisory council, now consisting of 32 members, following the Fifth National Council of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.
It was rumored in late 2010 that Falu had submitted a resignation letter to exempt himself from the advisory council soon after he was appointed. It is believed that clash with other influential party leaders and expectation of a more important post prompted the resignation. Zia had neither received the resignation, nor had Falu withdrawn it. Although Falu denied sending any such letters, Falu was never seen active in politics since then.
Business
Falu is the managing director of the private Bengali language channel NTV since 2001, and the Chairman since 2003. Among other businesses he also owns the Bengali language newspaper Amar Desh.
He also is the chairman of a large private sector bank in the country. His industrial investments include a joint venture with China for manufacturing ceramics, steel fabrication manufacturing company, health care, and consumer products manufacturing company.
Share scam
The probe committee of the 2011 share market scam in Bangladesh identified Mosaddek Ali Falu among the 20 individuals involved in masterminding the scam to their personal benefits; specific evidences were available against Falu according to the report. The probe committee found Falu, among others, to operate multiple omnibus accountsused pto erform the chicanery. However, the Finance Minister AMA Muhith stated that the state would neither disclose the names of the accused officially nor take punitive measures without further investigation.