Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) President and Kushtia-2 (Mirpur-Bheramara) MP Hasanul Inu's wealth has increased almost four times in the last five years.

During this period, his annual income decreased slightly to Tk 33,74,804, according to his affidavit submitted to the Returning Officer's office in Kushtia.

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According to the affidavit, Hasanul Haq Inu is a politician and engineer. A large part of his income comes from business, salary-allowances, dividends of banks and financial institutions and TV talk shows.

A total Tk 762,149 of his annual income comes from his business.

His income from salary and allowances is Tk23.27 lakh. He earns Tk216,070 from TV talk shows and bank interest. 

In the affidavit submitted during the 11th parliamentary election, he showed an annual income of Tk 34.61 lakh. As such, Inu's annual income has decreased slightly. Despite this, Hasanul Haq Inu's wealth has increased almost 4 times in the last 5 years.

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According to the information given in the affidavit for the 12th parliamentary election, Inu has assets worth Tk 3.92 crore, compared to Tk 1.15 crore during the 2018 parliamentary election. At present, Inu has cash of Tk 3.56 crore, Tk 14.84 lakh deposited in banks and financial institutions in his name.

Meanwhile, Inu's wife's wealth has increased almost 30-fold in the last 10 years, as shown in the affidavit. The amount of his wife's current assets, including movable and immovable, is Tk 1.85 crore, compared to Tk6.38 lakhs in 2013. Of her assets, she has cash of Tk 1.61 crore. She deposited Tk 16.37 lakh in bank and financial institutions and also has an appartment worth Tk 7.48 lakh in her name.