Ousted prime  minister Sheikh Hasina and her daughter Saima Wazed Putul -File Photo

DHAKA, May 18, 2025 (BSS) - A court here today set May 25 for submitting 
report on executing its order to arrest 18 people including ousted prime 
minister Sheikh Hasina and her daughter Saima Wazed Putul in a case lodged 
over taking 10-katha plot through fraud in Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha 
(RAJUK) Purbachal New Town Project.

Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md Zakir Hossain Galib passed the 
order, as the police failed to submit the report today. The court on May 4 
had fixed today to file the execution order.

The court on April 10 issued the warrant to arrest 18 people including ousted 
prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her daughter Saima Wazed Putul.

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed the case on January 12, 2025 against 
16 people, including ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Saima Wazed 
Putul and submitted the charge-sheet on March 10, adding names of two more 
accused, bringing the total number of accused to 18. 

The other accused in the case are Ministry of Housing and Public Works 
administrative officer Md Saiful Islam Sarkar, senior assistant secretary 
Purobi Goldar, additional secretary Qazi Wasi Uddin, secretary Md Shahid 
Ullah Khandaker, former Rajuk chairman's personal assistant Md Anisur Rahman 
Miah, former Rajuk member Mohammad Khurshid Alam, Kabir Al Asad, Tanmay Das, 
Mohammad Nasir Uddin, Major (retd) Samsuddin Ahmed Chowdhury, Md Nurul Islam, 
Sheikh Shahinul Islam, Md Hafizur Rahman, Habibur Rahman, the then prime 
minister's personal secretary-1 Mohammad Salahuddin and former state minister 
Sharif Ahmed.

"... Saima Wazed Putul, with malicious intent, illegally influenced her 
mother, former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, and filed an application to her 
mother rather than to RAJUK, violating the laws, rules, policies and legal 
procedures regarding the allocation of plots in the Purbachal New City 
Housing Project. She had done that despite the fact that she and her family 
members owned a house or flat or housing facility in the area under the 
jurisdiction of RAJUK in Dhaka city," said Investigation Officer (IO) and 
Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Assistant Director Afnan Jannat Keya in the 
charge-sheet.