Sheikh Mohammad Aslam (known as Sweden Aslam) is a Bangladeshi gangster who is convicted of 22 cases including 9 murders from the mid-1980s until he was apprehended in 1997. Aslam was released from Kashimpur High Security Central Jail in

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on bail on 3 September 2024 after being in prison for 27 years.

Early life

Aslam is originally from Chatiar area under

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. His father was Sheikh Jinnat Ali. He lived in Indira Road in Dhaka. He completed his SSC from Tejgaon Polytechnic High School (now Tejgaon Government High School). Being married to Iti, a Swedish expatriate, Aslam got the nickname "Sweden".

Criminal activities

Aslam had control over the several area in Dhaka including

Kawran Bazar Kawran Bazar (), misspelled as Karwan Bazar, is a central business district and is one of the biggest commodity marketplaces in Dhaka city, the capital of Bangladesh. Located in Tejgaon Thana, it is a designated commercial area of the Dhaka North C ...

, Tejturi Bazar, Tejgaon, and

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. He was first accused of killing a teenager, Shakil, at Nazneen School in East Rajabazar. After the accusation of killing Galib, a

Jubo League The Bangladesh Awami Jubo League () commonly known as the Jubo League, is the first youth organization of Bangladesh founded by Sheikh Fazlul Haque Mani. It is the youth wing of Bangladesh Awami League. Jubo league's current chairman is Sheikh F ...

leader, on 23 March 1997, Aslam was arrested by the police on 26 May from Old DOHS. At that time,

Bangladesh Awami League The Awami League, officially known as Bangladesh Awami League, is a major List of political parties in Bangladesh, political party in Bangladesh. The oldest existing political party in the country, the party played the leading role in achievin ...

party was in power of Bangladesh government and Jubo League is the youth wing of the party. Aslam slapped a reporter of ATN Bangla on 31 July 2003 in a court room in front of police officers who laughed at the incident but did not take any action. He was acquitted in an arms case on 3 October 2003. He was cleared in the murder case of Tajgaon resident Mohammad Ali in 18 October. He was sentenced to life imprisonment on 5 November 2003 in an arms case. On 23 June 2004, he was acquitted while Aga Shamim was sentenced to 60 years imprisonment in 1995 murder of three people in

Old Dhaka Old Dhaka () is a term used to refer to the historic old city of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. It was founded in 1608 as Jahangirabad or Jahangirnagar (), the capital of Bengal Subah, Mughal Province of Bengal and named after the Mughal em ...

. Aslam was again arrested on 31 January 2005. In April, he was sentenced to life imprisonment in the 1993 Bipul murder. On 14 On 18 October 2006, he was cleared in another case. In May 2009, he was sentenced to 17 years imprisonment in an arms case filed when he was detained in 1997. He had a total of 14 other cases against him. In 2010, The Daily Star reported despite being in jail extortion in his name was continuing in Tejgaon. On 3 September 2024, Aslam was released from Kashimpur High Security Central Jail in

after the resignation of Sheikh Hasina and collapse of the Awami League government. The Daily Star editorial expressed concern over the release of Aslam and other criminals, such as Freedom Rasu and Killer Abbas, after another recent releasee, Pichchi Helal, was accused in a murder case.

References

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