Babar was elected to parliament twice from Netrokona-4 constituency during 1991-1996 and 2001-2006 . He joined the Central Committee of Bangladesh Nationalist Party in 1996 . In 2001 , after the Bangladesh Nationalist Party came to power he was appointed as the State Minister for Home Affairs . He was one of the youngest members of the Bangladesh Cabinet during the tenure of Prime Minister Khaleda Zia . He was perceived to be a " simpleton " for speaking in mixed English and Bangla . He was a close associate of Taruqe Rahman and BNP headquarters in Hawa Bhaban . He was involved in a number of corruption including land grabbing and tender manipulations . He was important supporter of the formation of Rapid Action Battalion . Babar helped Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami organising the 2004 Dhaka grenade attack which was an assassination attempt on then opposition leader , Sheikh Hasina . After the attack he helped HUJI militant Moulana Tajuddin escape to Pakistan . He was one of the accused in the case filed over the 2004 Dhaka grenade attack . After the 2005 Netrokona bombing , he blamed a Hindu man killed in the attacked and called him a Hindu militant . After evidence that he was not involved emerged , Babar rescinded his accusation . In 2005 , he chaired a conference of Islamic scholars where they denounced terrorism in the name of Islam and endorsed the BNP led government 's fight against it . After the Caretaker government came to power in 2007 he was arrested , and on 30 October 2007 a Dhaka court sentenced him to 27 years in jail on an arms case regarding firearms recovered from his home in Gulshan . He lost his division status that came from being a former minister in jail after he was caught twice in possession of contraband cellphones . On 16 September 2008 he was released from prison on bail . In December 2008 he was expelled from BNP after contesting the 9th parliamentary election in 2008 as an independent candidate . In December 2009 BNP withdrew the expulsion order against him and reinstated him in the party . After in the 2009 National Elections , Babar was jailed on charges of corruption and for direct involvement in the Arms Deal of Chittagong . Babar when he was the Home Minister had asked Bangladesh Police not to arrest agents of the National Security Intelligence involved in the chittagong arms smuggling case . Alleged to have evaded taxes , he was later also charged with the murder of former Finance Minister Shah A M S Kibria of Awami League during the latter 's rule since 2009 . On 30 January 2014 he was sentenced to death for his role in the 10 truck arms deal in Chittagong
2004 Dhaka grenade attack
2004 Dhaka grenade attack
Lutfozzaman Babar