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The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed two more cases against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her son Sajeeb Wazed Joy on charges of abusing power to obtain plots from Rajuk. Director General of ACC, Akter Hossain, said the cases were filed with ACC's Dhaka Integrated District Office.
Hasina and Joy were made the main accused in the cases. Deputy Director of ACC, Md Salauddin, filed a case against Sheikh Hasina and seven officials of Rajuk and Housing and Public Works Ministry.
The accused are: Rajuk former chairman Anisur Rahman Mia, senior assistant secretary Purabi Golder, former member Shafiul Haq, former member (estate and land) Mohammad Khurshid Alam, former member Mohammad Nasir Uddin, Rajuk's former member Major (retd) Shamsuddin Ahmed Chowdhury (engineer) and Rajuk's former deputy director Nayeb Ali Sharif.
The ACC filed another case against 15 people including Sheikh Hasina and her son Sajeeb Wazed Joy.
The other accused of the case are: administrative official of Housing and Public Works Division Saiful Islam Sarkar, senior assistant secretary Purabi Golder, additional secretary Kazi Wasi Uddin, Secretary Shaheed Ullah Khandaker, former chairman of Rajuk Anisur Rahman Miah, Md Khurshid Alam, Tanmoy Das, Mohamamd Nasir Uddin, Major (retd) Shamsuddin Ahmed Chowdhury, director Quamrul Islam, assistant director Mazharul Islam, deputy director Nayeb Ali Sharif and director Nurul Islam.
According to the case statement, the former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina misused the powers entrusted to her, concealing the existence of houses, flats or housing benefits in Dhaka city under her own ownership as well as in the names of her son, daughter, sister, niece and nephew in her affidavit, which is a violation of the laws, rules, and procedures regarding the allocation of the Purbachal New City Housing Project.
By influencing the employees of the Ministry of Housing and Public Works, the authority responsible for the allocation of the project, and Rajuk, she abused her position as the highest-ranking public servant.
As a result, she unlawfully occupied Plot No. 009 on Road No. 203, Sector 27, an extremely valuable diplomatic area within the Purbachal Housing Project.
Earlier, on Monday, the ACC filed three cases against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, her sister Sheikh Rehana and her children on charges of abusing power to obtain plots from Rajuk.
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