Mozammel Hossain Lalu

Lalu was born in the early 1940s to a Bengali Muslim family with roots in Dinhata in present-day India. His parents were Mokbul Hossain and Majida Khatun.^[5] Mokbul was a lawyer and served as a minister of the erstwhile Maharaja of Cooch Behar.^[5] Lalu had eight siblings including the former President of Bangladesh Hussain Muhammad Ershad,^[6] politician GM Quader and Merina Rahman.^[5][7][8] Lalu's son, Hossain Mokbul Shahriar, is a former Jatiya Sangsad member from Rangpur-1.^[1][9]

Lalu served as the assistant general manager of the state-run Janata Bank.^[8] Following the arrest of his elder brother Hussain Muhammad Ershad in 1990, Lalu founded and chaired the Free Ershad Council.^[10] Lalu was also the cooperative advisor for the Jatiya Party's Central Committee.^[11]