Tk 3bn Dhanmondi house is government property, top court reconfirms

The Supreme Court has confirmed a High Court ruling that an abandoned house worth nearly Tk 3 billion on road No. 2 in Dhaka’s Dhanmondi is a government property.

An Appellate Division panel headed by Chief Justice Hasan Foez Siddique gave its verdict, throwing out a plea by S Nehal Ahmed to challenge the High Court verdict on Monday. Nehal claimed ownership of the house with the holding No. 29.

Deputy Attorney General Kazi Mainul Hasan, who appeared for the state at the hearing along with Attorney General AM Amin Uddin, said the Appellate Division upheld the High Court ruling that the property belonged to the government.

A High Court bench of Justice Md Ashfaqul Islam and Justice Mohammad Ali issued the verdict on Nov 21 last year after hearing two writ petitions.

The court also fined journalist Abed Khan Tk 10,000 for claiming ownership of the property by concealing information in his writ petition.