Bidisha-Ershad

Former president Hussain Muhammad Ershad’s former wife Bidisha Ershad has been sent to jail to serve a two-year sentence in a fraud case involving the sale of a flat. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Aminul Islam Junaid passed the order after a hearing on Wednesday. Bidisha was brought before the court that day. Her lawyer Moniruzzaman Sobuj then sought bail on the condition that she would appeal the verdict. The state’s lawyer Syed Golam Mortuza Ibn Islam and the plaintiff’s lawyer Hemayet...

Bidisha Ershad, second wife of former president and late Jatiya Party founding chairman Hussain Muhammad Ershad, has been arrested by police. She was arrested from her residence in Gulshan in the capital at around 20:30 on Tuesday. Gulshan Police Station Officer in Charge Daud Hossain confirmed that Bidisha was arrested in a fraud case. The OC said there was an arrest warrant against her issued by the court. Earlier in May, a court sentenced Bidisha to two years in prison in the fraud case. She...