Staff Reporter:
A Dhaka court yesterday has cancelled the allocation of a 10-katha government plot in the RAJUK Pur-bachal New Town Project that had been allotted in the name of Sheikh Rehana in a case filed by the An-ti-Corruption Commission (ACC).
The court issued the order in its verdict on the ACC case, which accused Sheikh Rehana of abusing state power to obtain the 10-katha government plot in the capital’s Purbachal New Town Project.
Judge Robiul Alam of the Dhaka Special Judge Court-4 pronounced the judgment, sentencing Sheikh Rehana to seven years’ imprisonment, her elder sister and ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to five years’ and Rehana’s daughter Tulip Siddique to two years for their roles in the scam.
The court additionally fined all three Taka one lakh each, ordering them to serve six more months be-hind bars in default. It also sentenced 14 others accused to five years’ imprisonment each.
Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Deputy Director Md Salahuddin filed the case on January 13, 2025, against 15 people, including Sheikh Hasina, Sheikh Rehana and Tulip Siddique. The investigation officer and ACC Assistant Director Afnan Jannat Keya submitted a charge sheet against 17 accused on March 10.
