Man charged with bribing foreign police to scrub his name from wife’s death probe

A Queensland man, Awlad Hossain, has been charged with bribing Bangladeshi officials in an effort to remove his name from police records, as detectives investigate his wife's suspected murder. Rehana Parvin, an Australian citizen and mother of five, was found dead in a small village in Bangladesh in September 2024, and Bangladeshi police have issued an arrest warrant for Hossain over her death.

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) executed search warrants at Hossain's homes in Goodna and Redbank Plains, seizing an electronic device and financial records from institutions in Sydney and Brisbane. The AFP alleges that between September 2024 and September 2026, Hossain conspired with people in Bangladesh to influence the Bangladeshi investigation, arranging the transfer of around $90,000 to bribe public officials, including to have his name removed from police records.

This is the first time the AFP has brought such an allegation before the court. Hossain has not yet appeared before court, and both Bangladesh and Australian Federal Police investigations are ongoing.

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