A special court in Bangladesh on Monday sentenced former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to 10 years in prison in two corruption cases tied to alleged irregularities in land allocations under the Purbachal New Town Project near the capital.
Judge Mohammed Rabiul Alam of the Special Judge’s Court-4 also handed down a four-year prison term to Hasina’s niece, British lawmaker Tulip Siddiq, and seven-year sentences to another niece, Azmina Siddiq, and a nephew, Radwan Mujib Siddiq.
The convictions stem from allegations by Bangladesh’s official corruption watchdog that Hasina colluded with government officials to illegally secure six residential plots in the Purbachal project for herself and family members despite their ineligibility under government rules.
Siddiq, who represents a constituency in the United Kingdom’s Parliament, denied the charges, saying she had not received land and disputing the legal process.
Hasina, who was ousted in a student-led uprising in 2024 and is now living in exile in India, has faced multiple legal challenges. She has already been sentenced to prison terms totaling 26 years in other corruption cases and has been sentenced to death in a separate case involving alleged crimes against humanity.
The ruling comes just days before Bangladesh’s general election scheduled for Feb. 12, in which Hasina’s former ruling party, the Awami League, is barred from participating under the interim government headed by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus. (Newswire)
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