Awami League lawmaker Haji Salim has reportedly returned to Dhaka from Thailand.

A Thai Airways flight carrying him landed at Dhaka airport at 12:15 pm today, Mohiuddin Mahmud, Haji Salim's personal secretary told The Daily Star.

He also said after landing at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, Salim went directly to a janaza in Old Dhaka.

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Despite 10 years jail term, Haji Salim has left Bangladesh: Report

On April 30, 2022, Haji Salim left the country despite being convicted for 10 years in a graft case. He went to Bangkok for "treatment", sources said.

Solaiman Salim, the MP's son, told a television channel later that day that his father was out of the country.