He termed Bachchu Mollah a 'godfather of criminals'.

Nasir made the appeal at a press conference, held on Saturday shortly after he was attacked allegedly by the lawmaker and his 'musclemen' at a function marking BNP's founding day at Daulatpur.

Held at Daulatpur Shilpokala Academy, the programme was organised by local BNP. Nasir Biswas was chief speaker while Bachchu Mollah was the chief guest.

At least 30 BNP activists loyal to Nasir Biswas were also injured in the attack.

According to sources, the incident took place when Nasir Biswas was addressing the function. Some activists loyal to Bachchu Molla appeared on the stage and asked Nasir to stop when he raised allegation against Bachchu Mollah that he failed to satisfy local people.

At one stage, Bachchu Molla snatched the mouthpiece from Nasir Biswas and asked him to leave the stage. His men then started beating supporters of Nasir.

They snatched the ntv camera and beat its photographer Sarfu when he was snapping the incident.

After the incident, Nasir brought a procession at Allahrdarga Bazar an his supporters barricaded the Kushtia-Khalishakudi road, halting traffic for about two hours.

At a hurriedly called press conference, Nasir accused Bachchu Molla of patronising hoodlums in Daulatpur and being involved in smuggling.

“Bachchu Mollah is an incompetent man who can not implement Ziaur Rahman's 19-point programme”, he said.

He has defamed BNP in Kushtia, Nasir alleged.

When contacted by this correspondent yesterday, Bachchu Mollah said he will not make any comment to journalists.