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DHAKA, Jan 13, 2025 (BSS) - A court here today set April 10 to file a probe report in a case lodged against 16, including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her daughter Saima Wazed, for allegedly illegally acquiring government plots in the Purbachal New Town project.

The court of Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Md Zakir Hossain Galib passed the order, accepting the first information report in the case.
 
The other accused in the case are Ministry of Housing and Public Works administrative officer Md Saiful Islam Sarkar, senior assistant secretary Purobi Goldar, additional secretary Qazi Wasi Uddin, secretary Md Shahid Ullah Khandaker, former Rajuk chairman's personal assistant Md Anisur Rahman Miah, former Rajuk member Mohammad Khurshid Alam, Kabir Al Asad, Tanmay Das, Mohammad Nasir Uddin, Major (retd) Samsuddin Ahmed Chowdhury, Md Nurul Islam, Sheikh Shahinul Islam, Md Hafizur Rahman and Habibur Rahman.

Assistant director of the Anti-Corruption Commission Afnan Jannat Keya filed the case on January 12, accusing Saima Wazed of abusing her mother Sheikh Hasina's power to take the allotment of Plot 017 on Road 203 under Sector 27 of Purbachal New Town Project, despite owning a house or flat or having housing facility within the jurisdiction of Rajuk in Dhaka city, in her or her family members' names.