Gen. Ershad’s letter had asked for the CM’s help in stopping the illegal construction of a temple on an open field in the property, which is in Ward Number 6 of the district’s Dinhata subdivision. No replyMs. Banerjee did not reply, Gen. Ershad said in a recent phone call with The Hindu. “But I have a feeling that she has communicated the matter to the [local] authority, because no one is disturbing my family now. I think the work [on the temple] is also suspended.”However, one of his nephews, Zakeria Hussain, said that they are still under threat. Seventy years after he left it, the former President is still attached to his birthplace and visits his relatives almost every year.

Source: The Hindu June 28, 2017 19:07 UTC