Confiscate Saima Wazed’s Gulshan flat

A Dhaka court yesterday ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission to confiscate a flat in Dhaka's Gulshan owned by Saima Wazed Putul, daughter of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, in connection with corruption allegations brought against her.

The court also approved a request to appoint a receiver to oversee the flat.

Judge Md Zakir Hossain of the Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge's Court passed the order following an application filed by ACC Deputy Director Md Monirul Islam, who is leading the inquiry, said Md Aktarul Islam, public relations officer of the ACC.

ACC Public Prosecutor Md Rezaul Islam moved the application on behalf of the anti-graft body.

On April 27, the same court ordered authorities to initiate steps to secure an Interpol arrest warrant against Putul in connection with alleged irregularities in plot allocations in Purbachal New Town.

ACC Assistant Director Afnan Jannat Keya submitted the charge sheet on March 25, listing all 18 accused as fugitives and seeking arrest warrants against them.

The ACC documents state that Hasina, in collusion with senior Rajuk officials, facilitated the allocation of six plots (each measuring 10 kathas) to herself, her son Sajeeb Wazed Joy, daughter Saima Wazed Putul, her younger sister Sheikh Rehana, and Rehana's children Radwan Mujib Siddiq Bobby and Azmina Siddiq, in violation of relevant rules.

The ACC filed six separate cases regarding the alleged irregularities involving the allocation of plots in the diplomatic zone of Sector-27 under the Purbachal New Town project.