[🇧🇩] The Court Punishes Hasina for her crimes.

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Date of Event: Jul 3, 2025

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Sheikh Hasina sentenced to 6-month jail in contempt of court case

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Updated: 02 Jul 2025, 14: 32

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 on Tuesday convicted and sentenced ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina to six months in jail in a contempt of court case.

The first tribunal also convicted and sentenced banned Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leader Shakil Akand Bulbul to two months’ imprisonment.

The three-member ICT-1, led by justice Md Golam Mortuza Mozumder, pronounced the judgment.

The first tribunal in its judgment said the sentences would come into effect from the day of their arrest or surrender.

Chief prosecutor Muhammad Tajul Islam, state defence counsel Amir Hossain and amicus curiae AY Moshiuzzaman took part in the hearing today.

The ICT-1 on 25 June adjourned till today the hearing of the case. The tribunal had passed the order, allowing a time plea filed by amicus curiae senior advocate AY Moshiuzzaman.

Meanwhile, Advocate Aminul Gani Tipu, who was appointed as the state defence counsel to defend the case of Sheikh Hasina and Bulbul, on that day had withdrawn his name from the post, citing conflict of interest as reason.

The first tribunal after that appointed Advocate Amir Hossain as the state defence counsel. The court on 19 June appointed senior jurist AY Moshiuzzaman amicus curiae in the case.

“As both accused remained absent in spite of publishing notice in newspapers for their appearance, the court appointed an amicus curiae for the sake of transparency of the trial,” prosecutor Gazi MH Tamim told newspersons on that day.

The prosecution filed the complaint against the two over the former premier’s telephonic conversation, where she was heard saying she has got license to kill 227 people already. The tribunal, accepting the complaint, asked the two to submit their explanations on 15 May.

As they failed to submit their explanations, the tribunal asked them to appear on 25 May. But as they refrained from appearing on that day too, it ordered to publish a notice on two national dailies, asking Sheikh Hasina and Shakil Akand Bulbul to appear before it on 3 June.

The notices were published on 26 May in daily Jugantor and daily New Age, summoning the former prime minister and Bulbul to give explanations over a contempt of court application brought against them by the prosecution of the tribunal.​

 

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Hasina, Joy, Putul convicted for corruption in plot allotment; how many years each

Prison sentences have been passed down to former PM Sheikh Hasina, son Joy and daughter Putul in three separate plot scam cases

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Hasina, Joy, Putul convicted for corruption in plot allotment; how many years each
Staff Correspondent Dhaka
Published: 27 Nov 2025, 14: 06

Sheikh Hasina, son Sajeeb Wazed Joy and daughter Saima Wazed Putul BSS

Prison sentences have been passed down to former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her son Sajeeb Wazed Joy and her daughter Saima Wazed Putul in three separate corruption cases concerning corruption in plot allocations by the Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakhya (RAJUK) in Dhaka’s Purbachal New Town Project.

In three separate cases, Sheikh Hasina has been sentenced to seven years in each, totalling 21 years in prison.

In one case, Sajeeb Wazed Joy has been sentenced to five years in prison, along with a fine of Tk 100,000.

In another case, Saima Wazed Putul has been sentenced to five years’ imprisonment.

Judge Md Abdullah Al Mamun of Dhaka’s Special Judge Court No. 5 delivered the verdict in the afternoon today, Thursday.

Deliberations of the prosecution and the defence concluded on 23 November. The court then set 27 November as the date for delivering the verdict and accordingly, the verdict was delivered today.

In the three separate cases, the total number of accused is 47, but the number of individuals is 23.

Apart from Sheikh Hasina, Sajeeb Wazed Joy, and Saima Wazed Putul, the remaining 20 accused are former state minister for housing and public works Sharif Ahmed, former senior assistant secretary of the Ministry of Housing and Public Works Purabi Goldar, former RAJUK chairman Md Anisur Rahman Miah, former member (Development Control) Shafiul Haque, former member (Estate and Land) Mohammad Khurshid Alam, former member (Planning) Mohammad Nasir Uddin, Major (Engineering) Shamsuddin Ahmed Chowdhury, former RAJUK deputy director (Estate and Land-3) Nayeb Ali Sharif, administrative officer Saiful Islam Sarkar, additional secretary (Administration) Kazi Wasi Uddin, former secretary of the Ministry of Housing and Public Works Shahid Ullah Khandaker, member (Administration and Finance) Kabir Al Asad, member (Development Control) Tanmoy Das, member (Estate and Land) Md Nurul Islam, former member (Planning) Mohammad Nasir Uddin, director (Estate and Land-2) Sheikh Shahinul Islam, director (Estate and Land-3) Md Kamrul Islam, deputy director Md Hafizur Rahman, deputy director Habibur Rahman, and former prime minister’s personal secretary Mohammad Salauddin.

Only one of the accused, Saiful Islam Sarkar, an administrative officer at the Ministry of Housing and Public Works, has been acquitted in all three cases.

Mohammad Khurshid Alam, the only accused who was in custody, has been sentenced to one year in each of the three cases, totalling three years in prison.

On 17 November, deposition in the three separate cases was completed. Earlier, on 31 July, the court framed charges against the accused and ordered the start of the trial.

There are 12 accused on one case, including Sheikh Hasina. In another case, there are 17 accused, including Sheikh Hasina and Sajeeb Wazed Joy. In the remaining case, there are 18 accused, including Sheikh Hasina and Saima Wazed Putul.

In January, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed six separate cases over allegations of corruption in plot allocations. In these cases, Sheikh Hasina, Sajeeb Wazed Joy, Saima Wazed Putul, Sheikh Hasina’s sister Sheikh Rehana, Rehana’s daughter and British MP Tulip Rizwana Siddiq, her son Radwan Mujib Siddiq, her daughter Azmyna Siddiq, and others were named as accused. Verdicts in three of these six cases were delivered today.

On 17 November, in a crimes against humanity case, the International Crimes Tribunal sentenced Sheikh Hasina and former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal to death. Another accused in the case, former inspector general of police (IGP) Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun, an approver or state witness, was sentenced to five years in prison.​

 

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Purbachal plot case lesson for corrupt leaders

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Nov 29, 2025 23:18
Updated :
Nov 29, 2025 23:18
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The verdict against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina in three corruption cases involving valuable government plots has produced a moment of national reckoning over the abuse of political power and the dangers of unchecked authority. A Dhaka court sentenced her to a total of 21 years in prison and imposed additional financial penalties, delivering its judgments in absentia as she and her co-accused family members were tried as fugitives from justice. Her son Sajeeb Wazed Joy and daughter Saima Wazed Putul were also convicted and sentenced to five years each for similar offenses. The charges stem from allegations that they illegally acquired three residential plots in the Purbachal New Town Project by concealing information about their existing property holdings in Dhaka which violated legal conditions governing such allocations. The testimonies presented in court lifted the veil on a coordinated effort involving government officials who bypassed required procedures and approved allocations even though the basic paperwork was missing and the submitted affidavits carried no legal weight.

The proceedings and the judge's observations conclusively revealed the deliberate manoeuvres to sidestep established protocols and rush the scheme through multiple layers of approval. Specifically, the court highlighted the allocation of plot to Sheikh Hasina via an initiated note despite there being no formal application, constituting a direct violation of regulations. The prosecution established the allocation was secured through a fraudulent, non-notarised affidavit, a method subsequently applied to grant plots to her children. The judge observed that Hasina actively pursued more properties even after initially receiving one, by recommending plots for her children and other family members, behaviour that reflected an insatiable appetite for accumulating state assets through improper means. Expressing astonishment at this avarice, the judge questioned why a four-time prime minister would require such holdings. The sequence of events, from the illegal initiation to the final transfer of the plot, demonstrated how oversight mechanisms remained subordinate to political authority and how routine compliance checks were brushed aside when politically influential figures were involved.

These convictions come at a time when Sheikh Hasina is already facing a death sentence delivered by the International Crimes Tribunal on charges of crimes against humanity linked to the events surrounding the July uprising that ended her final term in office. The broader political situation has shifted dramatically since her departure from power as the interim government has effectively barred the Awami League from contesting the upcoming national elections and many of its senior leaders have either fled or remain incarcerated. These developments have cast the party's future into uncertainty and have prompted debates on whether it can reorganise or whether its organisational spine has been irreversibly broken. While Sheikh Hasina's legal fate is unlikely to be settled anytime soon due to her current stay abroad under the protection of a foreign government which complicates the execution of the court's judgment, the symbolic weight of these verdicts is substantial.

The immediate political consequence appears to be the Awami League's further marginalisation from the country's formal political process. The long-term significance, however, lies in the precedent these verdicts have set for future governments. The judgments sent an unambiguous message that the illegal acquisition of state assets will be met with legal consequences and that administrative bodies have a duty to resist undue influence. This represents a necessary step for rebuilding public trust in institutions. Whether this legal outcome translates into a broader, sustained campaign against entrenched corruption or remains an isolated episode tied to political change is a question that only the future trajectory of the national politics can answer.​