Elias Uddin Mollah (born 2 March 1971) is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former member of Jatiyo Sangshad representing the Dhaka-16 constituency.
While the National Housing Authority (NHA) allocated 473 plots in the area to government employees in 1981, the Waqf Estate, led by Mollah’s family, laid competing claims to the land.
Exploiting this ownership dispute, Mollah gradually seized control of the plots from 1996 onward, allegedly extorting large sums from residents annually by threatening eviction.
Furthermore, a general diary filed on 11 September 2024 by Imamul Islam, a National Housing Authority official, reported illegal encroachments in Block 'Ka' of Section 8, Mirpur, Duaripara, involving 50-60 unidentified individuals occupying previously cleared government land.
[6] Nearly two acres of land allocated for employee quarters at Bangladesh National Zoo in Gudaraghat's Lal Math area of Dakshin Bishil, Mirpur-1, has reportedly been illegally occupied by supporters of Elias Mollah.
Locals allege that Mollah established an armed cadre to instill fear and engage in extortion from slums, markets, shops, and bus stands.
Despite resolving a prior land dispute and beginning temple construction, the Sudhir group, allegedly backed by Mollah, attempted to seize control again.