Trial starts in Bangladesh housing plot scam against Sheikh Hasina, nieces

Sheikh Hasina

Sheikh Hasina

Dhaka: The corruption trial against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 17 others, including her nieces Azmina Siddiq and British MP Tulip Siddiq, in a housing plot scam started Wednesday at a Dhaka court with depositions of the complainant, media reports said.

Afnan Jannat Keya, a complainant who is an assistant director of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), testified before Judge Md Rabiul Alam of the Special Judge’s Court-4 in Dhaka in the afternoon, The Daily Star newspaper reported.

Earlier, ACC Deputy Director Md Salahuddin, also the complainant of another graft case, gave his statement before Judge Alam in another case filed against 17 people, including Hasina, Sheikh Rehana and Tulip.

PTI

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