Enamul Haque (engineer)


Enamul Haque is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the incumbent Member of Parliament from Rajshahi-4.

Early life

Haque was born on 21 October 1969. He completed his undergraduate in engineering and also has a MBA.

Career

Haque was elected to Parliament from Rajshahi-4 in 2008 and on 5 January 2014 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate. On 16 September 2014, Bangladesh Anti-Corruption Commission recommended charging him with corruption regarding his company, Ena Enterprise. On 28 September 2017, local Awami League leaders in Rajshahi accused him of fermenting divisions in the Awami League and creating fractional feuds. He criticized Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury, editor of The Daily Observer, after a report in the newspaper accused Haque of being involved with the drug trade.

Arrest

On 25 February 2020, the Criminal Investigation Department received a tip from an anonymous whistleblower that Haque was involved with several Casino Rings in Dhaka. Officers of Dhaka CID were dispatched to one of his residents and on arrival seized $9,300, 174 Malaysian Ringgit, Rs5,350, 1,195 Chinese Yuan, 11,560 Thai baht, 100 UAE Dirham.