Akhtaruzzaman Ranjan is a Bangladeshi politician. He is a freedom fighter of the Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971. He is a former member of parliament for Kishoreganj-2.
Career Akhtaruzzaman was elected to parliament from Kishoreganj-2 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) candidate in 1991 and 1996. He is a retired major of the Bangladesh Army. He was suspended from the BNP after planning to return to the parliament of Bangladesh against the wishes of his party. BNP was then the opposition party of Bangladesh and was boycotting parliament. In February 2022, Ranjan was dismissed from the BNP for doing activities against the party. In December 2025, he joined Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami.
Ranjan is the chairman of Gachihata Aquaculture Farms Ltd, which was listed on the stock market in 1998.
Ranjan was detained from his residence in DOHS by the Detective Branch after a case was filed against him for obstructing official duties at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport by airport security officer Md Shahriar Alam Sajib.
Personal life Ranjan's younger brother is Anisuzzaman Khokon, former member of parliament and Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician.
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