Shiekh Hasina's Sister, Her Niece Sentenced by Bangladesh Court in Land Grab Scam

Shiekh Hasina's Sister, Her Niece Sentenced by Bangladesh Court in Land Grab Scam

pA Dhaka court sentenced Sheikh Rehana, sister of ousted PM Sheikh Hasina, to 7 years in prison for corruption over illegal land grabs in Dhaka's Purbachal project, while her daughter Tulip Siddiq, a British Labour MP, got 2 years for pressuring allocations via encrypted chats and meetings. Hasina, already facing death penalty for protest crackdowns, received 5 years alongside 14 officials; all fined $813 with plot cancellations ordered. Siddiq calls it a ‘farce’ and ‘persecution,’ as Bangladesh notifies UK amid Hasina's exile in India and interim govt push for her extradition.


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Uploaded: 2025-12-01

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