Bangladesh Court Sentences Sheikh Hasina to 21 Years in Jail in Corruption Cases
Judge Mohammad Abdullah Al Mamun of Dhaka Special Judge Court-5 sentenced the 78-year-old former premier to seven years in each of the three corruption cases in the Rajuk New Town Project in Purbachal, totalling 21 years. The judge said Hasina would serve the sentences consecutively.
The judge also fined Hasina Taka one lakh in each case, with 18 more months in prison if she fails to submit the amount. Judge Mamun also sentenced Hasina's son, Sajib Wajed Joy, and daughter, Saima Wazed Putul, to five years' imprisonment each in the cases filed against them in the housing project near the capital. Joy and Putul were fined Taka one lakh each, or one additional month in prison if they default.
"The plot was allotted to Sheikh Hasina without any application and in a manner that exceeded the legally authorised jurisdiction," Judge Mamun said while delivering the judgment.
The judgment came 10 days after Hasina was sentenced to death in absentia by a special tribunal for "crimes against humanity" over her government's brutal crackdown on student-led protests last year.
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