Plot graft: Arrest warrants against Hasina-Rehana, 51 others

A Dhaka court has issued arrest warrants for 53 people, including Sheikh Hasina, her sister Sheikh Rehana, Rehana’s son Radwan Mujib Siddiq, and her daughters, Tulip Siddiq and Azmina Siddiq Ruponti, in a case related to "abuse of power" involving the allocation of 0.5 acres of land in Dhaka’s Purbachal New Town Project.

Dhaka Metropolitan Special Judge Zakir Hossain Ghalib issued the warrants after reviewing the charge sheets in three separate cases on Sunday.

Aminul Islam, assistant director of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Prosecution Division, said, “The court has ordered a report to be submitted on Apr 27 regarding whether the accused have been arrested or not.”

Earlier, on April 10, the same court had earlier issued arrest warrants against Hasina, her daughter Saima Wazed, and 16 others in another corruption case involving plot allocation on April 10.