By DPA,
Dhaka: A Bangladeshi court Wednesday ordered former prime minister Khaleda Zia to vacate her lease-hold residence in Dhaka, court officials said.
The High Court rejected a petition by the opposition leader to reject a government notice to vacate her residence in a military cantonment and gave her one month to do so.
In April, the government citing “anomalies in the allotment”, said Zia violated the lease agreement by carrying out political activities from her residence, which is located in a military area.
Widow of Bangladesh’s military ruler Ziaur Rahman, Zia was allotted the home after her husband was killed in a coup in 1981. She has resided in the home, as well as in another house in an upmarket enclave.
One of Zia’s lawyers said that she planned to appeal the decision, media reports said.
The eviction notice is one of the issues over which the opposition has been boycotting parliament.