Zafarullah was critically injured in the
2004 Dhaka grenade attack, which targeted former Prime Minister
Sheikh Hasina. In 2005, Zafarullah attended a meeting between Sheikh Hasina and the British High Commissioner to Bangladesh,
Anwar Choudhury. Zafarullah hosted a dinner for
Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty, the newly appointed high commissioner of India to Bangladesh, attended by diplomats and Awami League leaders, on 1 February 2007. On 10 April, he criticized a case being filed against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and called it a conspiracy. The joint forces arrested him in front of his home in
Gulshan Thana on 18 April 2007 on three cases. He was sent to jail on 20 April. He was freed on bail on 11 December but was arrested again under state of emergency powers as he was leaving the gate of the jail. Mohammad Noor Ali of
Unique Group alleged he gave Sajeeb Wajed Joy, son of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, half a floor at the UTC building located on
Panthapath and registered under Zafarullah's name as commission on the MiG-29 purchase deal. The
Anti-Corruption Commission pressed charges against Zafarullah in September 2008 for having 152.3 million taka beyond his known source of income and for hiding 70 million taka in his wealth statement submitted to the commission. He was also charged with laundering 70 million taka. In 2013, it was reported that Zafarullah and his wife and other family members had created a network of offshore companies in the British Virgin Islands from 2006 to 2008. In 2014, he lost his seat as an MP to an independent candidate,
Nixon Chowdhury. Chowdhury, who is related to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, received 98,300 votes, while Zafarullah received 72,248 votes. He received 94,234 votes but lost the election to Nixon Chowdhury, who received 144,179 votes. Zafarullah is a presidium (central executive committee) member of the Awami League. In August 2022, he was part of an Awami League delegation that met the Election Commission to discuss the upcoming national election. == Personal life ==