Plot scam: Probe report against Hasina, Putul, others Apr 10

A Dhaka court has set April 10 to submit a probe report in a case filed against 16, including former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her daughter Saima Wazed, for allegedly acquiring government plots in the Purbachal New Town project.

Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Court Judge Md Zakir Hossain Galib passed the order on Monday.

Assistant director of the Anti-Corruption Commission Afnan Jannat Keya filed the case on January 12.

According to case documents, Saima Wazed 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.