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Early life
The Rajyasabha website does not mention Imran's date or place of birth. However according to a report of the Indian High Commissioner in Dhaka sent to the Ministry of External Affairs, he was presumably born in East Pakistan. He infiltrated into Indian territory in 1970 or 1971 from Sylhet in present day Bangladesh. Initially he stayed in Dhubri district in Assam. Later he shifted to Dhupguri in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal.
Career
According to the report of the Ministry of External Affairs, in 1975-76 Imran founded West Bengal Muslim Students Association. The organization rapidly spread through the state. On 24 April 1977, Imran co-founded the Students Islamic Movement of India in Aligarh Muslim University in Uttar Pradesh. Imran became the president of the West Bengal unit of the organization and held the position till 1980. Even after relinquishing the position, Imran remained the primary organizer and spokesperson of the organization till it was banned in 2001. He setup the office of SIMI in a two room apartment in 19, Dargah Road in the Park Circus area of Kolkata. In 1981, he started publishing Kalom as the monthly Bengali mouthpiece of SIMI. Kalom continued to be published as a monthly till 1994. During his period SIMI spread throughout the length and breadth of West Bengal.
As a result Imran became popular in the Islamist circles of the Middle East. He was appointed as the board member of the Jeddah based Islamic Development Bank to oversee the affairs of the eastern zone. Mamul al Azam, who is the Managing Director of Islamic Development Bank, is the son of Ghulam Azam, a convicted war criminal of Bangladesh and retired leader of Jamaat-e-Islami. Soon after his appointment as the board member of the IDB, Imran converted Kalom into a weekly. In 1998, he converted Kalom into a daily. At this time he shifted the office of SIMI and Kalom from Park Circus to 45, Eliot Road. The erstwhile office at 19, Dargah Road became a hideout of the SIMI cadres. Apart from being the editor of Kalom, Imran also acted as the India correspondent of a Jamaat-e-Islami controlled Bengali daily named Naya Diganta published from Bangladesh. His articles were published regularly in Naya Diganta. He had direct connection with people like Ghulam Azam, Motiur Rahman Nizami, Delwar Hossain Sayedee, Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed, Mir Quasem Ali and Abdul Quader Mollah who were directly involved in genocide of the Bengali Hindus during the Bangladesh Liberation War.
Involvement in Canning riots
According to report of the South 24 Parganas district Intelligence Bureau send to the West Bengal Home Department, Ahmed Hassan Imran was directly involved in the Canning riots in 2013. The report stated that on 21 February 2013, Imran send large numbers of Muslim youths armed with bombs and other arms from Park Circus to Naliakhali. He also send armed youths from Muslim dominated Rajabazar and Metiabruz of Kolkata and Magrahat and Basanti of South 24 Parganas district to Naliakhali. The armed youths looted and set fire to around 300 Hindu houses. In the evening he convened a meeting with several Muslim leaders in a five star hotel in Kolkata, where he shared how he had organized the violence and how he would control the area in future.
References
- "TMC fields painter Jogen for RS seat". The Indian Express. February 7, 2014. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
- Bandopadhyay, Sabyasachi (February 7, 2014). "RS elections: Trinamool wins as Cong, Left Front MLAs vote in favour". The Indian Express. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
- Chowdhury, Rajib (Feb 8, 2014). "Cross-vote cloud on Bengal vote". The Asian Age. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
- "Defections help TMC's 4th candidate sail through to Rajya Sabha". The Times of India. Feb 8, 2014. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
- "Six legislators cross-vote in West Bengal". Zee News. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
- "WebPage of Shri Ahamed Hassan Member Of Parliament". Rajya Sabha. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
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- ^ Ghatak, Shubhashish (13 September 2014). "ইমরান নিয়ে সতর্ক করেন রাজ্যের গোয়েন্দারাও". Anandabazar Patrika (in Bengali). Kolkata. Retrieved 13 September 2014.