Inter Service Public Relation (ISPR) Directorate has clarified their position on BA-2004 retired Lieutenant General Chowdhury Hasan Sarwardy, Bir Bikram, who ‘resorted to falsehood’ on different social media platforms about the military and his access to the cantonment.
In a media release issued on Sunday, ISPR said, “Hasan Sarwardy developed illicit relationships with many women after securing his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant General.”
“He took several women with him while making overseas visits as part of different NDC courses. These indecent behaviour made the authorities embarrassed. So he was advised to be careful,” it added.
The release went on saying: “When he was on LPR, he divorced his first wife on August 16, 2018 without any permission from authorities concerned.”
According to the statement, Sarwardy married for the second time wearing his uniform on November 21 in 2018, in violation of the military law.
It said that before his second marriage, he had been living together with a renowned female media personality from November 3, 2018.
“Even, he celebrated Pahela Baishakh, stayed at Sajek Resort in Khagrachhari and visited India, Thailand, Iceland, Norway and Switzerland with her, triggering widespread criticism in military and civil society and on the social media. Besides, the woman he married is known as a controversial women,” the release added.
Such behaviour of Chowdhury Hasan Sarwardy is embarrassing and intolerable for the members of Bangladesh Army, it said adding that such activities created a negative example and have negative impact on other members of the force.
“Taking all these in consideration, that officer was declared persona non grata in cantonment and areas under cantonment, making him unable to enjoy the facilities such as CMH for treatment, entry to Officers’ Club, CSD shop, etc,” the release said.
