Bachhu Mollah
Bachhu Mollah | |
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বাচ্চু মোল্লা | |
| Member of Parliament for Kushtia-1 | |
| In office 1 March 2004 – 27 October 2006 | |
| Preceded by | Ahsanul Haq Mollah |
| Succeeded by | Afaz Uddin Ahmed |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Bangladesh Nationalist Party |
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Bachhu Mollah is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Kushtia-1 constituency.
Career
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ "Kushtia-1 By-Polls". The Daily Star. UNB. Archived from the original on 19 May 2018. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
- ^ Schendel, Willem van (2005). The Bengal Borderland: Beyond State and Nation in South Asia. Anthem Press. ISBN 9781843311454. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
- ^ "Another case against former Kushtia BNP MP". The Daily Star. 15 August 2007. Retrieved 17 October 2019.