Murshedy's Gulshan house: Applleate Division issues status quo on HC order

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has ordered a status quo for eight weeks on the High Court's order that directed Khulna-4 MP and Vice President of Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) Abdus Salam Murshedy to hand over his residence in Gulshan to the Housing and Public Works Ministry.

Chamber judge of the Appellate Division of the SC Justice Md Ashfaqul Islam passed the order following a petition filed by Murshedy challenging the HC order on the issue.

Earlier on March 19, an HC bench directed Murshedy to hand over the property in the capital's Gulshan, which he has allegedly occupied illegally, to the government terming it abandoned property.

Murshedy was ordered to hand over the property through the secretary at the housing and public works ministry within three months of receiving the HC verdict.

The HC also directed the housing and public works secretary to submit a compliance report before it through its registrar office within 15 days after receiving the property.

The court said the property was not released through the court of settlement.

Supreme Court lawyer Sayedul Haque Suman, now an independent lawmaker, submitted a writ petition as a public interest litigation to the HC on October 31, 2022.

In the petition, Suman said Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) had given ownership of the luxurious building of the housing and public works department to Murshedy, lawmaker from Khulna-4 constituency, by forging documents.