Asif Mahmud Slams 'Media Trial,' Provides Furniture Inventory as Proof of Vacating Official Residence

In a post on his verified Facebook page late Friday night, January 30, Asif Mahmud expressed his frustration. He clarified that although government regulations allow an official to occupy their residence for up to two months following a resignation, he handed over his house last year—just 20 days after stepping down.

In his Facebook post, he wrote: "Despite being allowed to stay for two months, I left the house 20 days after resigning. Yet, I am being subjected to a media trial over this." Recent media reports had claimed that Asif Mahmud and Mahfuz Alam were still occupying government housing despite their resignations. Those reports, citing a staff member from the ‘Niloy-6’ building on Hare Road, suggested the former advisor had not yet vacated.

Addressing the situation, Asif Mahmud stated, "If you have the courage, counter my political arguments with your own. Resorting to personal attacks instead of political responses just because you control the media is deeply shameful and a sign of an inferiority complex."

To support his claim, the former student representative attached an inventory list of furniture and belongings from the time he vacated the premises. He asserted that a certain quarter, failing to challenge him politically, is attempting to malign his character personally.