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Bachhu Mollah

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Bachhu Mollah
Member of Bangladesh Parliament
Personal details
Political partyBangladesh Nationalist Party

Bachhu Mollah is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and the former Member of Parliament of Kushtia-1.

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.