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| term_start = 3 April 2018
| term_start = 3 April 2018
| succeeding = [[Anil Kumar Sahani]], [[Janata Dal (United)|JD(U)]]
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Revision as of 05:17, 3 April 2018

Ahmad Ashfaque Karim , is a businessman and politician from Katihar, Bihar, India. He was formerly the managing director of Katihar Medical College and Hospital in Katihar.

Career

Karim was appointed vice-president of the Lok Janshakti Party, and unsuccessfully contested the 2010 State Assembly election for Katihar constituency of the Lok Sabha.[2]

In June 2013, police arrested Karim at his home on suspicion of taking bribes from student applicants to the Medical College. The police seized Rs 2.5 crore hidden in various locations of his house and cars, medical college mark sheets and answer sheets, a currency-counting machine , and an unlicensed rifle .[3][4] Karim and the medical college's clerk Mohammad Tanzim were charged and jailed under different sections of the Indian Penal Code for cheating and forgery in the college's entrance examinations, and Karim was charged under the Arms Act, 1959 for possession of an unlicensed firearm.[4]

He is currently a member of the Rashtriya Janata Dal party, and was named a Rajya Sabha candidate for the biennial Rajya Sabha elections held in March 2018,[5][6][7] for which he was one of five candidates elected unopposed.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Ravi Shankar, five other RS nominees elected unopposed - Times of India". indiatimes.com. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  2. ^ "RJD picks Manoj Jha, Ashfaque for RS polls - Times of India". indiatimes.com. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  3. ^ "Katihar Medical College's CMD in cop net, Rs 2.5 crore seized - Times of India". timesofindia.com. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Jail for medical college boss". telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  5. ^ "RJD Names Manoj Jha, Ashfaque Karim as Candidates for Rajya Sabha Polls". News18. Retrieved 2018-03-12.
  6. ^ "Rajya Sabha elections 2018: RJD names Manoj Jha, Ashfaque Karim as candidates for polls". financialexpress.com. 12 March 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  7. ^ "Karim denies deal with Lalu". telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 13 March 2018.