Sayedee\\\'s son wins chairman election
Monday, 24 March 2014
The son of Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delwar Hossain Sayedee has been elected chairman in a Pirojpur Upazila. Backed by the Jamaat-e-Islami and the BNP-led 19-party alliance, Masud Sayedee won the polls at Zianagar Upazila (UZ) bagging 21,077 votes. His closest competitor Awami League-backed Abdul Khaleque Gazi drew 6,615 votes. He has rejected the results alleging 'gross irregularities'. Masud Sayedee is the eldest child of Delwar Hossain Sayedee, the Nayeb-e-Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami and a condemned convict in war crimes cases. Delwar Hossain Sayedee, who is now in the central jail, was sentenced to death by International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) for crimes against humanity during the country's Liberation War in 1971. The two-time lawmaker from Pirojpur has appealed against the verdict in the High Court. Zianagar Upazila falls under the constituency where he was an MP. According to the Election Commission, Masud Sayedee is the Managing Director of Al Falah Properties in Dhaka. He is also a director of Al Falah Multipurpose Society, according to bdnews24.com.