Ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her sister Sheikh Rehana, and her son Sajeeb Wazed Joy. -Collage Photo

DHAKA, May 12, 2025 (BSS) - A court here today set May 25 for submitting a report on the execution of the arrest warrants issued against 82 people, including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her son Sajeeb Wazed Joy, in five cases filed over irregularities in allocating plots in the RAJUK Purbachal New Town Project.

Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md Zakir Hossain Galib passed the order as police failed to submit the report today, Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) public prosecutor Mahmud Hossain Jahangir told BSS.

Earlier, the same court on April 15 issued arrest warrants against 29 people in two separate cases filed by the ACC regarding a scam in allocating plots in Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (RAJUK) Purbachal New Town Project.

ACC Deputy Director Md Salahuddin filed one case against eight, including Sheikh Hasina, on January 14 for abusing power in allocating a 10-katha plot in the Purbachal New Town Project. Investigation officer and ACC Assistant Director Afnan Jannat Keya on March 10 filed the charge sheet against a total of 12.

Apart from Sheikh Hasina, the other 11 accused in the case were Ministry of Housing and Public Works senior assistant secretary Purobi Goldar, administrative officer Md Saiful Islam Sarkar, former Rajuk chairman's personal assistant Md Anisur Rahman Miah, former Rajuk members Shafi Ul Haque, Mohammad Khurshid Alam, Mohammad Nasir Uddin, Major (retd) Samsuddin Ahmed Chowdhury, Deputy Director Nayeb Ali Sharif, Secretaries Qazi Wasi Uddin and Shahid Ullah Khandaker and former state minister Sharif Ahmed.

"Sheikh Hasina did not file any application in the designated form of the RAJUK. No application of her was considered eligible primarily by the RAJUK review committee after necessary scrutiny," investigation officer (IO) Afnan Jannat Keya mentioned in the charge-sheet

"Her application was not even included in the designated registrar book of the applicants. Even though she and her family members owned a house or flat or housing facility in the area under the jurisdiction of RAJUK in Dhaka city, accused Sheikh Hasina, with malicious intent, violated the laws, rules, policies and legal procedures regarding the allocation of plots in the Purbachal New City Housing Project and took the allocation of a 10-katha plot, made the registration under her name and kept it under her possession," the IO said.

Meanwhile, ACC Assistant Director SM Rashedul Hasan filed the other case against 15, including Sheikh Hasina and her son Sajeeb Wazed Joy, in this connection. He filed the charge sheet against 17 on March 10.

Apart from Sheikh Hasina and Joy, the other 15 accused in the case were Ministry of Housing and Public Works senior assistant secretary Purobi Goldar, administrative officer Md Saiful Islam Sarkar, secretaries Qazi Wasi Uddin and Shahid Ullah Khandaker, former Rajuk chairman's personal assistant Md Anisur Rahman Miah, former Rajuk members Mohammad Khurshid Alam, Tanmay Das, Mohammad Nasir Uddin, Major (retd) Samsuddin Ahmed Chowdhury and Md Nurul Islam, assistant director Mazharul Islam, director Qamrul Islam, deputy director Nayeb Ali Sharif, then prime minister's personal secretary-1 Mohammad Salahuddin and former state minister Sharif Ahmed.
 
The IO in his charge sheet accused Joy of not filing any application in the designated form of the RAJUK. 

Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md Zakir Hossain Galib on April 13, 2025, issued warrants to arrest 53 people including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, Sheikh Rehana, nieces Tulip Siddiq and Azmina Siddiq and nephew Radwan Mujib Siddiq in cases filed over a scam in allocating plot in RAJUK Purbachal New Town Project.

The ACC on January 13, 2025, filed another case against 15 people including Sheikh Hasina, her sister Sheikh Rehana, Rehana's son Radwan Mujib Siddiq, and daughters - Tulip Siddiq and Azmina Siddiq - on charges of abusing power to obtain plots from RAJUK. 

The ACC later filed charge sheet against 17.

The anti-graft body on the same day filed another case against 16 including Sheikh Hasina, Tulip Siddiq and Azmina Siddiq. The ACC later filed charge sheet against 18. 

It also filed another case against Radwan Mujib Siddiq and 15 others on January 13. The anti-graft body later filed charge sheet against 18.