Shafiqul Islam Shimul (born 3 July 1976) is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Natore-2 constituency in 2014.
[5] On 13 August 2015, Shimul and his supporters snatched a criminal, Redwan Sabbir, in handcuffs from Rapid Action Battalion custody after getting into a verbal argument with the law enforcement agency.
[6] On 11 April 2016, Shimul's supports attacked a rebel candidate of Awami League who was standing for Halsa Union Parishad chairperson post.
[13] Shimul's nephew, Nafiul Islam Antar, was arrested for assaulting an engineer of Natore Water Development Board.
[14] Antar assaulted the engineer after he criticised a construction work for the Board completed by his father, Mir Amirul Islam Jahan, for poor quality.