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Ishaque Ali Khan Panna

Ishaque Ali Khan Panna (21 March 1966 – 24 August 2024) was a Bangladeshi businessman and general secretary of the Bangladesh Chhatra League.[1][2] He was a member of the executive committee of the Bangladesh Insurance Association.[3] He was the founder chairman of Diamond Life Insurance Company Limited.[4]

Panna died at the Bangladesh–India border while trying to flee to India after the resignation of Sheikh Hasina and fall of the Awami League government in the Non-cooperation movement (2024).[5]

Career

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Panna was elected general secretary of Bangladesh Chhatra League in 1994 and served till 1998.[6] He led protests of the Bangladesh Chhatra League after the controversial February 1996 Bangladeshi general election.[7] According to Banglanews24.com, leaders of Bangladesh Chhatra League started a culture of making money from politics under his and AKM Enamul Haque Shamim's tenure.[8]

On 7 March 2008, Panna submitted his wealth statement to the Anti-Corruption Commission.[9] He was nominated by Awami League from Pirojpur-2 but had to give up the seat to a candidate of an allied party of the Awami League.[10] In 2012, he was appointed assistant secretary of the Central Sub-committee of the Awami League.[11] He received permission from Insurance Development and Regulatory Authority for Diamond Life Insurance Company Limited in 2013 along with four others of whom three were affiliated with the Awami League.[12]

Panna founded NPI University of Bangladesh with Shamsur Rahman in Manikganj District.[13] In November 2018, he collected nomination forms of Awami League for Pirojpur-1, Pirojpur-2, and Pirojpur-3.[14] He received the nomination of Pirojpur-2 from Awami League which was represented by Awami League allied Jatiya Party leader Anwar Hossain Manju.[15] He ended up not standing in the election.[16] It was believed by Awami League leaders that he could not receive a seat in the central leadership council of the Awami League as there were already many leaders from his home region of Barisal Division.[10] Leaders from Barisal in the central leadership of Awami League included Abul Hasanat Abdullah, Afzal Hossain, Jahangir Kabir Nanak, Shammi Ahmed, and SM Rezaul Karim.[10]

Panna was a member of Bangladesh Insurance Association and the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce & Industries.[17] He was the chairman of the board of directors of Diamond Life Insurance Company Limited.[18] In April 2021, he was elected member of the executive committee of the Bangladesh Insurance Association under President Sheikh Kabir Hossain.[19]

Panna was a member of Pirojpur District unit of the Awami League.[18] In April 2023, he was elected member of the executive committee of the Bangladesh Insurance Association.[20] In April 2024, he attended a programme of the Awami League with Mirza Azam to distribute water and saline to day labourers in different areas of Dhaka.[21] He met with Obaidul Quader to request the government cancel the Prottoy Universal Pension Scheme for university teachers on 4 July 2024.[22]

Personal life

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Panna was married to Irin Parveen Badhon who died on 24 April 2016 from cancer at Mount Elizabeth Hospital, Singapore at the age of 50.[6][23] She had been a leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League and vice-president of the student union of Shamsunnahar Hall.[23] They had one child, Khan Iftesham Abtahi Arian.[24][14] His nephew Laikuzzaman Talukdar Mintu is chairman of Saturia Union Parishad.[25]

Death

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Panna died while trying to enter India in the Shillong hills of Meghalaya state on 24 August 2024, reportedly of a heart attack.[6] Other reports suggested he died of a fall while climbing a hill or was shot by the Border Security Force (BSF).[6][18] After the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina during the Non-cooperation movement (2024), his residence in Kawkhali Upazila, Pirojpur District was vandalized and burned down.[6] He went into hiding and tried to cross into India through Sylhet.[6] His body was recovered by the BSF[26] pending a request by his family to have them repatriated to Bangladesh.[27] Indian police later said that Panna may have been murdered after an autopsy found signs of strangulation.[28]

References

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