Haji Mohammad Salim (born 10 May 1958)[1] is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Dhaka-7 and Dhaka-8 constituencies.
[5] He was placed on a five-day remand for interrogating in connection with the murder of Khalid Hasan Saifullah, a student at Ideal College, during the 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement.
[20] In December 2019, Salim collected nomination forms from Awami League to contest Dhaka South Mayoral elections.
[21][22] On 26 November 2023, Awami League announced the final list of its 298 candidates to contest the 2024 national election which did not include Salim.
[32] On 17 January 2023, he was released from prison cell of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) based on the bail order on 6 December 2022 issued by Appellate Division panel headed by Chief Justice Hasan Foez Siddique.
[33] In May 2009, Salim was acquitted in the murder case of Abdul Hannan, an activist of Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Jubo Dal, the youth front of BNP by Speedy Trial Tribunal-1.
[4] His some other buildings were demolished by Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority; following its chairman, Commodore Mohammad Mozammel Haque, got transferred to a different location.
[31] On 17 January 2023, he was released from prison cell of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) based on the bail order on 6 December 2022 issued by Appellate Division panel headed by Chief Justice Hasan Foez Siddique.
In February 2014, Jagannath University students organized protests demanding Salim return their dormitory that they accused him of illegally occupying.
[39] In May 2016, Salim encroached upon 4.75 acres of cropland valued at Tk 50 million in Kolapara, Patuakhali, with the land allegedly seized by representatives of his Madina Group.
Despite repeated appeals to the administration, the landowners were unable to reclaim their property, as they were intimidated by hired goons and the influence of Madina Group.
[40] On 8 June 2019, Salim's man demolished Jahaj Bari, an architecturally significant historical building in Old Dhaka, on the night of Eid al-Fitr.
His land grabs include the demolition of the Nicolas Pogose house in Armanitola during the COVID-19 lockdown, despite a High Court order to preserve heritage sites.
[41][42][43] Salim's son, Irfan Selim,[44] was arrested after he was accused of physically assaulting a Bangladesh Navy lieutenant and his wife on 25 October 2020.