Bangladesh files graft cases against Hasina’s family

DHAKA: Bangladesh´s anti-graft commission has filed cases against ousted leader Sheikh Hasina and her family, including a British government minister and a senior United Nations official, its chief said on Monday.

Hasina, 77, fled a revolution in August 2024 to neighbouring India, where she has defied extradition requests from Bangladesh to face charges including mass murder.The cases are linked to an alleged large-scale land grab of lucrative plots in a suburb of the densely populated capital Dhaka.“Sheikh Hasina, in collaboration with some officials, allocated plots for herself and her family members,” Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) director general Akhter Hossain told reporters.

Hossain said those named in the case also include Hasina´s niece, British anti-corruption minister Tulip Siddiq. She has insisted she has done nothing wrong.Hasina´s daughter Saima Wazed, the World Health Organisation´s South East Asia chief, is also listed. There was no immediate response from Wazed.“The ACC investigation team has obtained the necessary documents and found sufficient evidence to file the cases,” Hossain said.