Bachhu Mollah

Bachhu Mollah is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Kushtia-1 constituency.

Bachhu Mollah
বাচ্চু মোল্লা
Member of Parliament
for Kushtia-1
In office
1 March 2004  27 October 2006
Preceded byAhsanul Haq Mollah
Succeeded byAfaz Uddin Ahmed
Personal details
Political partyBangladesh Nationalist Party
FatherAhsanul Haq Mollah

Career

Mollah was elected to parliament from Kushtia-1 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in March 2004 in a by-election, following the death of the incumbent, Ahsanul Haq Mollah, who was also his father.[1]

Mollah protected smugglers in Kushtia District. He laid seize to a unit of Bangladesh Rifles to force them to release a drug smuggler they had caught.[2] He was sued in 2007 for attacking and looting houses after Bangladesh Nationalist Party came to power in 2001.[3]

References

  1. "Kushtia-1 By-Polls". archive.thedailystar.net. The Daily Star. UNB. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
  2. Schendel, Willem van (2005). The Bengal Borderland: Beyond State and Nation in South Asia. Anthem Press. ISBN 9781843311454. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
  3. "Another case against former Kushtia BNP MP". The Daily Star. 15 August 2007. Retrieved 17 October 2019.


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