The Anti-Corruption Commission on Tuesday filed a case against Tulip Rizwana Siddiq, daughter of Sheikh Rehana and niece of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, and two others for grabbing a flat at a project of Eastern Housing Limited in the city鈥檚 Gulshan area.
The two other accused in the case are former assistant legal advisers of Rajdhani Unnayan Katripokkha Shah Md Khasruzzaman and Sardar Mosharaf Hossain.
The ACC director general, prevention, Md Akhter Hossain, disclosed the information at a media briefing at its headquarters in the city鈥檚 Segunbagicha area.
Deputy director of the anti-graft body Monirul Islam filed the case with its Dhaka Integrated District Office.
The ACC DG told the reporters that the accused persons in connivance with each other illegally grabbed a flat from the Eastern Housing Limited in Gulshan-2 without paying any money through conspiracy, criminal misconduct and misusing power.
The ACC brought charges against the accused under sections 120/b, 409/161/162/163/ 164/165(Ka) and 109 of the Bangladesh Penal Code and section 5(2) of the Corruption Prevention Act-1947.
Earlier, on March 10, the ACC submitted charge sheets in eight separate cases against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her sister Sheikh Rehana and their family members, former state minister Sharif Ahmed, Hasina鈥檚 former private secretary Salah Uddin and 14 officials of the RAJUK. The court has accepted the charge sheets by this time and issued arrest warrants against the accused.
