A court in Dhaka has set April 10 to file a probe report in a case filed against 16, including former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her daughter Saima Wazed, for allegedly acquiring government plots in the Purbachal New Town project.
Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Court Judge Md Zakir Hossain Galib passed the order on Monday accepting the first information report in the case.
Assistant director of the Anti-Corruption Commission Afnan Jannat Keya filed the case on January 12.
According to case documents, Saima Wazed abusing her mother Sheikh Hasina's power to take the allotment of Plot 017 on Road 203 under Sector 27 of Purbachal New Town Project, despite owning a house or flat or having housing facility within the jurisdiction of Rajuk in Dhaka city, in her or her family members' names.
The other accused in the case are -- Ministry of Housing and Public Works administrative officer Md Saiful Islam Sarkar, senior assistant secretary Purobi Goldar, additional secretary Qazi Wasi Uddin, secretary Md Shahid Ullah Khandaker, former Rajuk chairman's personal assistant Md Anisur Rahman Miah, former Rajuk member Mohammad Khurshid Alam, Kabir Al Asad, Tanmay Das, Mohammad Nasir Uddin, Major (retd) Samsuddin Ahmed Chowdhury, Md Nurul Islam, Sheikh Shahinul Islam, Md Hafizur Rahman and Habibur Rahman.
