Published : 02 Sep 2026, 02:55 PM
Updated : 16 Sep 2026, 11:46 AM
A Dhaka court has denied bail to Bidisha Ershad, the former wife of late president Hussain Muhammad Ershad, in a case that saw her sentenced to two years in jail over alleged fraud over the sale of a flat.
Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Shahjahan Kabir gave the order on Wednesday. As a result of the decision, she will have to remain in jail.
Dhaka Bar Association President Md Anwar Zahid Bhuiyan and several other lawyers represented Bidisha at the hearing. The plaintiff’s lawyer, Advocate Hemayet Uddin Khan (Heron), opposed the bail petition.
After hearing both sides, the court rejected the bail plea, Bidisha’s lawyer Moniruzzaman Sabuj said.
“We requested bail on condition of appeal, but the court did not grant it. We will take the matter to a higher court. There, we will get justice,” he said.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Jamshed Alam sentenced Bidisha to two years in jail on May 20, along with a Tk 10,000 fine, along with an additional month in jail in default.
As she was in absentia, the court also issued an arrest warrant along with the conviction warrant that day.
Police arrested Bidisha from a restaurant in Gulshan around 8:30pm on Aug 25.
She was produced before Dhaka's Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) court the following day.
Her lawyer sought bail on condition of appeal before Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Aminul Islam Junaid that day, but the court rejected the plea and ordered her to jail.
Businessman Mosharraf Hossain Sikder filed the case at Gulshan Police Station in 2008, alleging fraud over the sale of a flat at President Park in Baridhara.
According to the case, Mosharraf had wanted to buy a flat in Baridhara. On Jul 1, 2001, Bidisha showed him a flat at President Park through a contact and offered to sell it, with the two agreeing on a price of Tk 8 million.
The case states that on Jul 10, 2001, Bidisha called Mosharraf to her office at Rajanigandha in Banani and asked him to issue a pay order of Tk 7.5 million in the name of her nominee and friend, Abdur Razzak.
Mosharraf paid the amount through Standard Chartered Bank's Karwan Bazar branch, after which the two signed a sale agreement.
Under the agreement, the flat was to be registered in Mosharraf's name after approval from the Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (RAJUK) and payment of the remaining amount, with the flat to be handed over by Jul 10, 2002.
The complainant alleges the flat was never handed over despite the deadline passing long ago.
The filing says that when pressed to hand over the flat, Bidisha assured Mosharraf she would refund the money.
She issued a cheque for Tk 7.2 million on Feb 9, 2005, but it bounced when deposited within the stipulated time due to insufficient funds in the account.
Mosharraf alleges Bidisha stalled with excuses and handed over neither the money nor the flat, instead threatening him with death through “hired thugs”.
