Anupam Shahjahan Joy (born 10 April 1985)[1] is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Tangail-8 constituency.
[2][3][4] Joy's father, Shawkat Momen Shahjahan, was an Awami League politician and a member of parliament.
[6] The by-elections were called after the death of the incumbent member of parliament for Tangail-8 and Joy's father, Shaukat Momen Shahjahan, on 20 January 2014.
[7] In September 2016, two teenage high schoolers were sentenced to two years imprisonment by a mobile court for writing against Joy on Facebook.
[8] In October 2016, Bangladesh High Court nullified the sentenced and ordered an inquiry into the allegations that the boys were tortured by Joy, the officer in charge of the local police station, and the Upazila Nirbahi Officer.