The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Monday filed three separate cases against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her sister Sheikh Rehana, Rehana's son Radwan Mujib Siddiq Bobby, daughter Azmina Siddique Ruponti, and Tulip Siddique on charge of abusing power to obtain plots from RAJUK.
The cases were filed with ACC's Dhaka Integrated District Office, ACC Director General Md Akhter Hossain told reporters.
He said that Sheikh Rehana, her son Radwan Mujib Siddique Bobby, and daughter Azmina Siddique have been named as the main accused in three separate cases.
Tulip Siddique and Sheikh Hasina have been named as co-accused. And 12 to 13 others have been named as accused in each case He said Hasina, in collaboration with senior officials of Ministry of Housing and Public Works and RAJUK, allegedly allotted plots under political considerations misusing her authority. The plots were allocated in her name as well as in the names of her younger sister Rehana, Rehana's son Bobby, and daughters Tulip and Azmina.
Replying to a question, Akhter Hossain said that British MP Tulip Siddique influenced former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in allotting plots in Purbachal New Town. The ACC has sufficient evidence in this regard, he said.
According to the ACC's case statement, Sheikh Hasina, allotted six plots, each of 10 katha, totaling 60 kathas at Road No. 203 in the diplomatic zone of Sector 27 of the Purbachal New City Project in her relative names through irregularities and corruption. The cases have been filed against the accused under Sections 161/163/164/409/109 of the Penal Code, 1860, and Section 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947.
On Sunday, the ACC had filed a case to investigate similar allegations against Hasina and her daughter Saima Wazed Putul.
On December 22, the ACC decided to investigate allegations of laundering $300 million (Tk 30,000 crore) abroad against Hasina and her son Sajeeb Wazed Joy. Earlier, it ACC had formed a five-member team to investigate allegations of corruption worth Tk 80,000 crore against Sheikh Hasina and Sheikh Rehana's family in various projects.
All the allegations are under investigation.
