Khaleda Zia - Evicted From Home of Cantonment

Evicted From Home of Cantonment

Under the rule of Awami League Government, on 13 November 2010 she was forced to leave her 37 years old, palatial Dhaka Cantonment residence upon an order from High Court Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court. The house was originally the residence of the Deputy Chief of Staff (DCS) of Bangladesh Army used by then DCS Major General Ziaur Rahman. He kept the same residence even after he had become the President of Bangladesh. The post of DCS of Bangladesh Army was abolished in his tenure. After the assassination of Ziaur Rahman this house was leased-for-life to his widow Khaleda Zia at only ৳101 by then Acting President Justice Abdus Sattar on 12 June 1981, by then Former Army Chief of Bangladesh and Chief Martial Law Administrator Lieutenant General Hussain Mohammad Ershad in 15 June 1982 which according to Bangladesh Army law is illegal. After Leaving the house, she moved to the house at Gulshan of her brother Sayeed Iskandar.

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