Trial against Hasina in Purbachal plot scam to begin soon

  Bangla Press Desk:   The trial against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 22 others is set to begin soon in six graft cases over the alleged embezzlement of government plots in the Purbachal New Town Project. Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md Zakir Hossain Galib on Sunday ordered the transfer of the cases to a Special Judge Court for trial. Confirming the development, Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) prosecutor Mir Ahmed Ali Salam said that official gazette notifications have already been published, declaring the accused as absconders, and the cases are now ready for trial. Other Hasina family members named in the cases include her son Sajeeb Wazed Joy, daughter Saima Wazed Putul, sister Sheikh Rehana, and Rehana’s children: Tulip Rizwana Siddiq (a British MP), Azmira Siddiq Rupu, and Radwan Mujib Siddiq Bobby.