Allotment of house to Monem Khan cancelled

The allotment of a house for Abdul Monem Khan, the former East Pakistan governor who opposed Bangladesh’s independence, has been cancelled.
Khan’s heirs had also occupied a 10-katha (7200 square feet) land adjacent to the house in Banani.
During an eviction drive on the land on Nov 3, Dhaka North Mayor Annisul Huq urged the government to cancel the allocation of the house for Khan, who was killed by freedom fighters during the Liberation War.
Asked about the matter on Wednesday, Housing and Public Works Minister Mosharraf Hossain told bdnews24.com, “That has been cancelled.”
He said he instructed officials to cancel the plots allotted for anti-independence elements by the authorities like Public Works Department (PWD) and Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (RAJUK).
“You (PWD and RAJUK) cancel those (allotment), we’ll also cancel them from the ministry,” Mosharraf said.
Khan, a Muslim League leader, was the main weapon of the then Pakistan ruler Ayub Khan in suppressing Bengalis.
He was shot by freedom fighters on Oct 13, 1971 and died in a hospital later.
His grandson Aqifuzzzaman Khan was among nine suspected militants killed in a recent drive in Kalyanpur.
The house on a five-Bigha (72,000-square foot) plot at Road No. 27 in Banani was allotted for Monem when he was the governor.
His daughter had been running a school in the house for past few years.