The Anti-Corruption Commission on Tuesday filed two separate cases against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her son Sajeeb Wazed Joy on charges of corruption in allotting Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha land plots at the Purbachal New Town project.
ACC deputy director Mohammad Salahuddin filed the cases with its integrated district office, Dhaka-1, said ACC director general (prevention) Md Akhtar Hossain. A case was filed against Hasina and seven former and serving officials of the housing and public works ministry and Rajuk over allocation of a government plot for Hasina through irregularities and corruption, he said.
The other accused are former Rajuk chairman Md Anisur Rahman Miah, senior assistant secretary Purabi Goldar, former members Shafiul Haque and Md Khurshid Alam, former estate and land member Mohammad Nasir Uddin, former development member Major (retd) Shamsuddin Ahmad Chowdhury, and former deputy director Nayeb Ali Sharif.
The other case was filed against Sajeeb, Hasina and 14 other officials of Rajuk and the housing ministry over allotment of a plot for Sajeeb through irregularities and abuse of power.
The other accused in the case are the ministry鈥檚 administrative officer Saiful Islam Sarkar, senior assistant secretary Purabi Goldar, additional secretary (administration) Kazi Wasiuddin, former secretary Shahid Ullah Khondkar, former Rajuk chairman Anisur Rahman Miah, former estate and land member Md Khurshid Alam, former development control member Tanmoy Das, former member Mohammad Nasir Uddin, former development member Major (retd) Shamsuddin Ahmad Chowdhury, director Kamrul Islam, assistant director Mazharul Islam, deputy director Nayeb Ali Sharif and director Nurul Islam.
According to the cases, Hasina, while serving as prime minister, misused her authority to conceal her family鈥檚 real estate holdings in Dhaka.
Despite owning several properties in the city, including flats and houses registered under the names of her children, sister, niece, and nephew, she did not disclose this in official affidavits.
Hasina is accused of unlawfully securing a highly valuable plot in the East Purbachal New Town Project鈥檚 diplomatic zone 鈥� plot No 009 on 203 Road in Sector 27 and her son Sajeeb secured plot No 015 鈥� using her position of power to influence the ministry and Rajuk officials, the cases said.
Earlier, the ACC on Monday filed three cases against Hasina, her sister Sheikh Rehana, Rehana鈥檚 son Redwan Mujib Siddique, Rehana鈥檚 daughters Tulip Siddique and Azmina Siddique on charges of corruption in allotting Rajuk land plots at the Purbachal New Town project.
Apart from the five members of Hasina and Rehan鈥檚 family, 19 other serving and former officers and employees of the housing and public works ministry and Rajuk were also accused in the cases.
According to the cases, Tulip, while serving as a member of the British parliament, influenced Hasina to allocate the plots for her mother Rehana, brother Redwan and sister Azmina.
Rehana, Redwan and Azmina, despite owning a house or flat or housing facility in an area under Rajuk in Dhaka city, concealed it in their affidavits and violated the provisions of the Dhaka Improvement Trust (Allotment of Lands) Rules, 1969 in getting allotments of three plots (each sized 10 kathas) in the diplomatic area of the Purbachal New Town project.
The ACC on Sunday filed a case against Hasina, her daughter Saima Wazed and 14 others on charges of the same irregularities in allotment of a plot No 017 in the same project for Saima.
The corruption cases were filed following an enquiry by the ACC launched on December 26 past year against Hasina, her sister Rehana and four of their children over allegations of irregularities and abuses of power in acquiring government plots spanning 60 kathas of land at Purbachal.
According to the allegations, Hasina in collusion with top officials of Rajuk facilitated the allocation of six plots 鈥� each is 10 katha in size 鈥� in her and family members鈥� names through irregularities and corruption during her tenure as prime minister.
Deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina fled to India amid a student-led mass uprising on August 5.