Three officials of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Thursday testified in three cases filed against 53 people, including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her sister Sheikh Rehana, over alleged irregularities in the allocation of plots in the Rajuk Purbachal New Town Project.
The witnesses are ACC Deputy Director Mahbubar Rahman and Assistant Directors Ashim Shil and Ullash Chowdhury.
They gave depositions before the Dhaka Special Judge Court-4. After examining them, Judge Robiul Islam adjourned the hearing till 4 September.
Earlier on 13 August, the plaintiffs of these cases—ACC Deputy Director Salahuddin, and Assistant Directors Afnan Jannat Keya and SM Rashedul Hasan—submitted their statements against Sheikh Hasina, Sheikh Rehana, Tulip Siddiq, Radwan Mujib Siddiq, Azmina Siddiq and others.
On 11 August, the same three officials testified in three other identical cases against 47 people, including Sheikh Hasina, her son Sajeeb Wazed Joy, and her daughter Saima Wazed Putul, before Dhaka Special Judge Court-5.
Seven seizure list witnesses also testified in those cases on 26 August. Judge Mohammad Abdullah Al Mamun of Dhaka Special Judge Court-5 adjourned their hearings till 2 September.
Dhaka Special Judge Court-5 on 31 July framed charges in those three cases and issued arrest warrants as the accused remain absconding. On the same day, the Dhaka Special Judge Court-4 framed charges in the other three cases filed in this connection.
The ACC lodged the six cases between 12 and 14 January 2025 and filed charge sheets on 10 March.
According to case details, on 14 January, ACC Deputy Director Md Salahuddin filed a case against eight, including Sheikh Hasina, over a 10-katha Purbachal plot. A charge sheet was later submitted against 12.
On the same day, ACC Assistant Director SM Rashedul Hasan filed another case against 15, including Hasina and Joy, as the charge sheet named 17.
On January 13, Salahuddin filed another case against 15, including Hasina, Rehana, Radwan Mujib, Tulip Siddiq, and Azmina Siddiq, as the charge sheet named 17.
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