The Anti-Corruption Commission will send corruption information about the ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 daughter, Saima Wazed Putul, to the聽 World Health Organisation through the foreign affairs ministry.
The anti-graft agency has taken the step to send the letter after it has filed a corruption case against Saima Wazed Putul, who is serving as the regional director of the WHO.
The letter would be sent to the foreign ministry today, and based on the information sent by the ACC, the ministry might write to the WHO to take action against Saima, said an ACC official.
In November 2023, Saima was elected regional director of the WHO for the South-East Asia Region.
On January 15, the ACC started an enquiry against Saima over allegations that she had used various corrupt practices to be appointed as the WHO regional director.
There are allegations that Saima鈥檚 mother and deposed prime minister Hasina, who was ousted on August 5, 2024, amid a mass uprising, had misused her power to appoint Saima, despite her lack of qualifications.
On January 12, the ACC filed a case against Hasina, Saima and 14 others over allegations of corruption in allotting Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha land plots in the Purbachal New Town project.
Saima had used her mother鈥檚 power to gain the allotment of Plot 017 on Road 203 of Sector 27 of the Purbachal New Town Project, violating laws, the ACC case statement said.
Early this month, the ACC filed a total of six cases against Hasina and her family members on charges of corruption in allotting Rajuk land plots at the Purbachal New Town project.