Md Jahurul Haque

Md Jahurul Haque is a former district and sessions judge who is currently the commissioner of the Anti-Corruption Commission and former Chairman of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission.[1][2] He is the former Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge.

Md Jahurul Haque
Commissioner
Anti Corruption Commission
Assumed office
10 March 2021
Appointed byPresident of Bangladesh
PresidentMohammad Abdul Hamid
Chairman
Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission
In office
31 January 2019 – 4 December 2020
Preceded byShahjahan Mahmood
Succeeded byShyam Sunder Sikder
Personal details
Born (1955-12-05) 5 December 1955
Madarganj Upazila, Jamalpur District, East Pakistan (present day Bangladesh)
SpouseMasuda Begum
Alma materUniversity of Rajshahi
ProfessionDistrict and Sessions Judge

Early life

Haque was born on 5 December 1955 in Jamalpur district, East Pakistan, Pakistan.[3]

Career

Haque joined as the Munsef of the judicial cadre of Bangladesh Civil Service in 1983.[3]

In 2012, Haque indicted chairman of Ekushey Television Abdus Salam and its managing director Ashraful Alam on tax evasion charges.[4]

On 14 July 2014, Haque ordered the arrest of the top management of Destiny Group.[5] Haque presided over the Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court in 2014.[6] He heard the hearing of the case against Muhammad Jasimuddin Rahmani.[6] He also held the hearing against former President Hussain Muhammad Ershad in a corruption case relating to the purchase of Rader in a case from 1992.[7] He placed indictments against Oishee Rahman over the murder of her parents; her father was a police officer and the incident was made adapted in web based TV show titled August 14.[8][9] He had also sent Roads and Highways Department engineer Abdul Malek to seven years imprisonment.[10] He accepted charges against Moudud Ahmed, Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician, and Monjur Ahmed, his brother, on charges of land grab in Gulshan.[11]

In 2014, Haque retired as a Sessions Judge.[3]

Haque had served as the legal and licensing commissioner of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC).[12] He tried to collect nearly 85 billion taka from telecom operators in back taxes in 2019.[13][14][15]

Haque was appointed chairman of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission on 31 January 2019 replacing Dr. Shahjahan Mahmood.[16][17] During his term, Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission blocked the official website of Bangladesh Nationalist Party in 2018 during national elections.[18] During his term, the ownership of cellphone towers was shifted from cellphone companies to independent contractors under a decision to not allow cell phone operators to own towers.[19][20]

Haque was appointed as the commissioner of the Anti-Corruption Commission on 10 March 2021 with the rank of a judge of the High Court Division.[21] He considered investigating the additional secretary to the Health Services Division, Kazi Jebunnesa Begum, after she assaulted, Rozina Islam, a journalist of Prothom Alo and filed a case against her under Official Secrecy Act.[22]

References
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  2. "Robi, BL, Teletalk want additional spectrum allocation during shutdown period". The Daily Star. 2020-04-13. Retrieved 2022-03-16.
  3. "Moinuddin Abdullah new ACC chairman, Jahurul Haque commissioner". The Business Standard. 2021-03-03. Retrieved 2022-03-16.
  4. "ETV chairman, MD indicted". The Daily Star. 2012-06-08. Retrieved 2022-03-16.
  5. "Court asks cops to make arrests". The Daily Star. 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2022-03-16.
  6. "Charges against Mufti Jasim accepted". The Daily Star. 2014-10-15. Retrieved 2022-03-16.
  7. "Senior special judge's court to now hold trial". The Daily Star. 2014-07-09. Retrieved 2022-03-16.
  8. "Oishee, 2 of her friends indicted". The Daily Star. 2014-05-07. Retrieved 2022-03-16.
  9. "Police officer, wife murdered in bedroom". Risingbd. Retrieved 2022-03-16.
  10. "7yr jail for former RHD engineer". The Daily Star. 2014-04-02. Retrieved 2022-03-16.
  11. "Court accepts land grabbing charges against Moudud, brother". The Daily Star. 2014-09-14. Retrieved 2022-03-16.
  12. "BTRC to declare all operators eligible for 4G licences". The Daily Star. 2018-01-24. Retrieved 2022-03-16.
  13. "Govt asks GP to pay Tk 12579.95 cr". The Daily Star. 2019-04-02. Retrieved 2022-03-16.
  14. "Grameenphone to pay BTRC Tk 1,000cr today". The Daily Star. 2020-05-19. Retrieved 2022-03-16.
  15. "BTRC audit claim unfounded: GP". The Daily Star. 2019-04-17. Retrieved 2022-03-16.
  16. "BTRC gets new chairman". The Daily Star. 2019-01-31. Retrieved 2022-03-16.
  17. "Shutting down mobile internet or social media?". The Daily Star. 2018-12-24. Retrieved 2022-03-16.
  18. "BNP website blocked over 'distasteful' content". The Daily Star. 2018-12-21. Retrieved 2022-03-16.
  19. "Four firms deposit Tk 100cr as fees for tower licences". The Daily Star. 2018-09-21. Retrieved 2022-03-16.
  20. Islam, Muhammad Zahidul (2018-03-29). "BTRC to offer 4 tower company licences". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-03-16.
  21. "Moinuddin Abdullah joins ACC as new chairman". The Financial Express. Retrieved 2022-03-16.
  22. "ACC to dig out wealth of addl secy Jebunnesa". businesspostbd.com. Retrieved 2022-03-16.
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