Monirul Haque Sakku
Monirul Haque Sakku is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and the first and incumbent mayor of the Cumilla City Corporation.Career
On 7 January 2008, Bangladesh Anti-Corruption Commission sued Sakku and his wife for illegal wealth. He was charged on 4 February 2016 but his wife's, Afroza Jasmine, was dropped. On 22 November 2017 a trial court found him innocent of all charges.
On 5 January 2012, Sakku was elected Mayor of Comilla on a nomination of Citizens Committee. He is a former President of Comilla City unit of Bangladesh Nationalist Party. He had be expelled from the Party.
Sakku was nominated by Bangladesh Nationalist Party to contest the Mayoral election in Comilla in 2017. He was re-elected Mayor on 31 March 2017. A correspondent of The Daily Star reported seeing some activists of Awami League stuff ballots for their candidate. His candidacy was supported by Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami.
