A Dhaka court on Sunday (April 27) ordered the issuance of an Interpol arrest warrant against Saima Wazed Putul, daughter of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, in a plot allocation corruption case.

Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md Zakir Hossain Galib passed the order following a petition filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).

ACC Assistant Director Aminul Islam said the commission applied for the Interpol warrant against Saima Wazed, and after a hearing, the court granted the request.

Earlier, on April 10, the court also issued arrest warrants against Sheikh Hasina and Saima Wazed in the same plot corruption case.

On April 13, the court ordered arrest warrants against Sheikh Hasina, her sister Sheikh Rehana, Rehana’s daughter Tulip Siddiq, son Radwan Mujib Siddiq Bobby, and 17 others in three separate corruption cases related to illegal plot allocation.

In those three cases, Sheikh Hasina, Sheikh Rehana, Tulip Siddiq, Azmira Siddiq, Radwan Mujib Siddiq, former state minister for housing and public works Sharif Ahmed, and 16 others were named accused in the charge sheets.

On December 26 last year, the ACC launched an investigation into the plot allocations made in the name of Sheikh Hasina and her family members under the Purbachal New Town Project. Later, the ACC filed six cases over the alleged irregularities.

MSK