Bangladesh’s court on Monday sentenced Bangladesh’s former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to 5 years imprisonment on corruption charges. The court also sentenced Sheikh Rehana, the younger sister of the former Prime Minister, to 7 years in prison in this case, and Rehana’s daughter, Tulip Siddique, a British MP, to 2 years in prison.
Dhaka’s Special Judge – 4 Rabiul Alam announced the verdict of Sheikh Hasina sentenced to 5 years in prison in a plot fraud case. Bangladesh’s Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed six separate cases against Sheikh Hasina and her family members last January for allegedly illegally allocating government’s plots at Purbachal area in Dhaka.
Dhaka court earlier sentenced Hasina to 21 years in prison
Earlier, a Dhaka court on Thursday sentenced Bangladesh’s former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to 21 years’ imprisonment on corruption charges. Dhaka’s Special Judge – 5 Mohammd Abdullah Al Mamun announced the verdict of Sheikh Hasina sentenced to 21 years in prison, 7 years each, in three plot fraud cases.
Bangladesh’s Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed six separate cases against Sheikh Hasina and her family members last January for allegedly illegally allocating government’s plots at Purbachal area in Dhaka. The verdict in the remaining three cases will be announced on December 1. Court sentenced Sheikh Hasina’s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy to five years in prison and a fine of Tk 100,000. Court sentenced Sheikh Hasina’s daughter Saima Wazed Putul to five years in prison.
ICT’s death penalty for Sheikh Hasina
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) of Bangladesh has already sentenced Sheikh Hasina to death, finding her guilty of crimes against humanity for her efforts to suppress the July 2024 anti-government protests. Sheikh Hasina and her family did not have a lawyer in the cases as they were absconding. However, they have denied any involvement in any corruption allegations in various speeches and statements.
India examining Bangladesh’s extradition request
Earlier on Wednesday, the Minister of External Affairs on Wednesday stated that the Indian government is currently examining the request from Bangladesh’s interim government seeking the extradition of its former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who was sentenced to death by the country’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) in a case related to crimes against humanity during last year’s July-August unrest. (With ANI Inputs)
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