Dhaka Court Confiscates Assets, Bank Accounts Owned by Sheikh Hasina, Family
Land, buildings and over Rs 400 crore worth of funds in various bank accounts have been seized by the authorities.
A Dhaka court yesterday ordered the confiscation of Sudha Sadan, a property registered to former Bangladesh P.M. Sheikh Hasina's children, and immovable assets of her other family members Sheikh Rehana and Radwan Mujib Siddiq. The court also ordered the freezing of 124 bank accounts associated with Sheikh Hasina, her son Sajib Wazed Joy, her daughter Saima Wazed Putul, her sister Sheikh Rehana, the Bangladesh Awami League, the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Memorial Trust, and several other entities.
There is at least Tk 600 crore in these bank accounts.
Judge Zakir Hossain of Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge's Court passed the order yesterday after ACC Deputy Director Monirul Islam (investigator), submitted an application for the order in which he said that the order was needed because Hasina and the others were trying to transfer the money from these accounts.
The court also issued travel bans on Hasina, Rehana, Joy, Putul, and Rehana's children Radwan Mujib Siddiq Bobby, Tulip Rizwana Siddiq, and Azmina Siddiq Ruponti. According to ACC documents, Sudha Sadan is built on 16 katha of land (approximately 22,000 sq.ft.) in Dhanmondi - valued at Tk 3.3 crore, including the building - purchased by Sheikh Hasina's late husband, Wazed Miah. The property is registered to Joy and Putul.
Besides various bank accounts, the court has also ordered the confiscation of a flat in Gulshan (bought in 2002 and valued at Tk 43 lakh) owned by Rehana's daughter Tulip, two small land parcels in the name of Rehana, a flat owned by Radwan. The list also contains Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Memorial Trust's Tk 478.81 crore, Centre for Research and Information's Tk 55.74 crore, Awami League's Tk 37.82 crore, and Suchona Foundation's Tk 31.60 crore.
On December 17, last year, the ACC launched a probe into allegations of embezzlement of Tk 80,000 crore against Hasina and her family members from nine projects, including the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant. On December 22, 2024, the commission also launched an investigation into allegations that Hasina and Joy laundered $300 million to the United States.
On Monday, the ACC approved the charges against the deposed prime minister and her family members in six cases filed against them over the alleged misuse of power to obtain plots under the Purbachal New Town Project, according to The Daily Star, a Bangladesh daily.
