Molla Moinuddin Ahmed, younger brother of hanged war criminal Abdul Quader Molla, exercised his franchise yesterday in Sadarpur under Faridpur 4 constituency, though the opposition including Jamaat-e-Islami has boycotted the elections.
Also chairman of Bhashanchar union, Moinuddin cast his vote at the Amirabad School centre in the morning.
“As I am the chairman of this union, I need to go to the polling centre. But I have not asked anybody to cast their votes. Many of the villagers asked me whether they need to cast their votes or not,” he told the Dhaka Tribune.
Though Moinuddin cast his own vote, his son Sagor Molla and wife did not.
At best 25 voters of West Amirabad, the village home of Quader Molla, cast their votes, said the UP chairman.
In the constituency, independent candidate Mojibur Rahman Chowdhury alias Nixon Chowdhury defeated Awami League Presidium member Qazi Zafarullah who contested with election symbol boat.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at an election rally in support of Zafarullah on December 26 asked people not to vote for someone involved in the Padma Bridge corruption scandal. Hasina also claimed that except for her sister and their children, she had no relations.
Nixon claims himself to be a relative of the premier. His name was mentioned as one of those who were, reportedly, set to be bribed for the Padma Bridge supervision work.
“The defeat of the ruling party candidate gives them [government] a message,” Moinuddin said.
Jamaat leader Quader Molla, widely known as “Butcher of Mirpur,” was hanged on December 12 for his involvement in crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War.
