Purbachal plot corruption: Report on executing orders to arrest Hasina, 99 others on 17 June
A Dhaka court today (25 May) set 17 June for submitting reports on executing its orders to arrest 100 people including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina in six cases lodged over irregularities in allocating plots in the Rajuk Purbachal New Town Project.
Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md Zakir Hossain Galib passed the order as police failed to submit the reports today, said Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Public Prosecutor (PP) Mahmud Hossain Jahangir.
Earlier, the same court on 15 April issued arrest warrants against 29 people in two separate cases filed by the ACC regarding a scam in allocating plots in Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) Purbachal New Town Project.
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ACC Deputy Director Md Salahuddin filed one case against eight, including Sheikh Hasina, on 14 January for abusing power in allocating a 10-katha plot in the Purbachal New Town Project. Investigation Officer and ACC Assistant Director Afnan Jannat Keya on 10 March filed the charge sheet against a total of 12.
Meanwhile, ACC Assistant Director SM Rashedul Hasan filed the other case against 15, including Sheikh Hasina and her son Sajeeb Wazed Joy, in this connection. He filed the charge sheet against 17 people on 10 March.
Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md Zakir Hossain Galib on 13 April, issued warrants to arrest 53 people including Sheikh Hasina, her sister Sheikh Rehana, her nieces Tulip Siddiq and Azmina Siddiq, and nephew Radwan Mujib Siddiq in cases filed over a scam in allocating plot in Rajuk Purbachal New Town Project.
The ACC on 13 January, filed another case against 15 people including Sheikh Hasina, Sheikh Rehana, Radwan Mujib Siddiq, Tulip Siddiq and Azmina Siddiq on charges of abusing power to obtain plots from Rajuk.
The ACC later filed a charge-sheet against 17.
The anti-graft body on the same day filed another case against 16 including Sheikh Hasina, Tulip Siddiq and Azmina Siddiq. Later, the ACC filed a charge sheet against 18.
It also filed another case against Radwan Mujib Siddiq and 15 others on 13 January. The anti-graft body later filed a charge-sheet against 18.
