Dhaka: A Dhaka court on Thursday sentenced ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina to 21 years imprisonment and her two children to five years each over alleged irregularities in allocation of plots under a government housing project after their trial in absentia.
Dhaka Special Judge Court-5 handed down the sentences to 78-year-old Hasina, her son Sajib Wajed Joy and daughter Saima Wazed Putul in three cases over corruption charges in the government housing project at Purbachal adjacent to the capital.
“The plot was allotted to Sheikh Hasina without any application and in a manner that exceeded the legally authorised jurisdiction,” Judge Mohammad Abdullah Al Mamun said while delivering the judgment.
The judge pronounced the judgment in absence of the convict as she is yet to be arrested and was tried in absentia.
Hasina was sentenced to seven years in each case, totalling 21 years in prison.
”The plot was allotted to Sheikh Hasina without any application and in a manner that exceeded the legally authorised jurisdiction,” the court observed in its judgment.
