DHAKA
\nBangladesh\u2019s anti-graft commission has filed cases against ousted leader Sheikh Hasina and her family, including a British government minister and a senior United Nations official, its chief said Monday.
\nHasina, 77, fled a revolution in August 2024 to neighbouring India, where she has defied extradition requests from Bangladesh to face charges including mass murder.
\nThe cases are linked to an alleged large-scale land grab of lucrative plots in a suburb of the densely populated capital Dhaka.
\n\u201cSheikh Hasina, in collaboration with some officials, allocated plots for herself and her family members,\u201d Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) director general Akhter Hossain told reporters.
\nHossain said those named in the case also include Hasina\u2019s niece, British anti-corruption minister Tulip Siddiq. She has insisted she has done nothing wrong. Hasina\u2019s daughter Saima Wazed, the World Health Organization\u2019s South East Asia chief, is also listed. There was no immediate response from Wazed.
\n\u201cThe ACC investigation team has obtained the necessary documents and found sufficient evidence to file the cases,\u201d Hossain told AFP.
\n\u201cThey will include relevant details, such as property acquisitions while conducting further investigations.\u201d
\nHasina\u2019s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy is also named, as well as Hasina\u2019s sister Sheikh Rehana, Siddiq\u2019s mother. Siddiq referred herself this month to the standards adviser of British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
\nThe referral came after British newspapers the Sunday Times and Financial Times reported that she had lived in properties linked to Hasina\u2019s administration.
\nBangladesh\u2019s anti-corruption commission also launched a probe in December into the alleged embezzlement by Hasina\u2019s family of $5 billion connected to a Russian-funded nuclear power plant.
\nThe kickback allegations relate to the $12.65 billion Rooppur nuclear plant, which was bankrolled by Moscow with a 90 percent loan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
DHAKA Bangladesh\u2019s anti-graft commission has filed cases against ousted leader Sheikh Hasina and her family, including a British government minister and a senior United Nations official, its chief said Monday. Hasina, 77, fled a revolution in August 2024 to neighbouring India, where she has defied extradition requests from Bangladesh to face charges including mass murder. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":440131,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-455452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world"],"yoast_head":"\n