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Bangladesh sentences exiled PM Hasina to twenty-one years
(MENAFN) A special court in Dhaka has handed exiled former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina a 21-year prison sentence, delivered in absentia on Thursday, in connection with three corruption cases linked to alleged irregularities in the Purbachal New Town land-allocation project.
This ruling represents the first corruption conviction issued against Hasina since she left for India on Aug. 5 following a widespread public revolt that toppled her government.
Presiding Judge Mohammad Abdullah Al Mamun issued three separate seven-year sentences, each tied to accusations that plots were improperly distributed through RAJUK, the capital’s development authority. Court records indicate the cases focused on whether Hasina misused her office to secure government-owned land.
Her two children, Sajeeb Wazed Joy and Saima Wazed Putul, were also sentenced in absentia to five years each.
Earlier on Nov. 17, the country’s International Crimes Tribunal imposed the death penalty on Hasina and former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal in a separate case concerning alleged crimes against humanity during what prosecutors described as a violent crackdown on a student-led movement. According to a UN account referenced in the proceedings, approximately 1,400 people were killed and 20,000 injured during those events.
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) initiated the plot-allocation cases in January, claiming that Hasina secured land unlawfully by circumventing rules that bar individuals who already own property in Dhaka from obtaining additional state-managed plots. Commission documents state that summonses, warrants, and public notices were issued, but none of the accused appeared before the court.
In total, the ACC has filed six related cases involving 23 individuals, including Hasina and multiple members of her extended family.
In a separate development Tuesday, officials reported that the National Board of Revenue confiscated 832 bhori (9,707.16 grams) of gold jewelry from safety vaults registered under Hasina’s name at a state-owned bank as part of an ongoing tax-evasion inquiry.
This ruling represents the first corruption conviction issued against Hasina since she left for India on Aug. 5 following a widespread public revolt that toppled her government.
Presiding Judge Mohammad Abdullah Al Mamun issued three separate seven-year sentences, each tied to accusations that plots were improperly distributed through RAJUK, the capital’s development authority. Court records indicate the cases focused on whether Hasina misused her office to secure government-owned land.
Her two children, Sajeeb Wazed Joy and Saima Wazed Putul, were also sentenced in absentia to five years each.
Earlier on Nov. 17, the country’s International Crimes Tribunal imposed the death penalty on Hasina and former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal in a separate case concerning alleged crimes against humanity during what prosecutors described as a violent crackdown on a student-led movement. According to a UN account referenced in the proceedings, approximately 1,400 people were killed and 20,000 injured during those events.
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) initiated the plot-allocation cases in January, claiming that Hasina secured land unlawfully by circumventing rules that bar individuals who already own property in Dhaka from obtaining additional state-managed plots. Commission documents state that summonses, warrants, and public notices were issued, but none of the accused appeared before the court.
In total, the ACC has filed six related cases involving 23 individuals, including Hasina and multiple members of her extended family.
In a separate development Tuesday, officials reported that the National Board of Revenue confiscated 832 bhori (9,707.16 grams) of gold jewelry from safety vaults registered under Hasina’s name at a state-owned bank as part of an ongoing tax-evasion inquiry.
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