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A Bangladesh tribunal connected Thursday (November 27, 2025) sentenced deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to 21 years successful jailhouse successful 3 corruption cases related to irregularities successful allocations of onshore successful a authorities lodging project.
Judge Mohammad Abdullah Al Mamun of Dhaka Special Judge Court-5 sentenced 78-year-old erstwhile premier to 7 years each successful 3 cases of corruption successful the Rajuk New Town Project successful Purbachal, totalling 21 years. The justice said Hasina would service them consecutively.
The justice besides fined Hasina Taka 1 lakh successful each case, oregon 18 months much successful situation if she failed to taxable the amount.
Judge Mamun besides sentenced Hasina's lad Sajib Wajed Joy and girl Saima Wazed Putul to 5 years imprisonment each successful the cases filed against them successful the lodging task adjacent the capital. Joy and Putul were fined Taka 1 lakh each, oregon 1 period much successful lawsuit of default.
"The crippled was allotted to Sheikh Hasina without immoderate exertion and successful a mode that exceeded the legally authorised jurisdiction," Judge Mamun said portion delivering the judgment.
The judgement came 10 days aft Hasina was sentenced to death successful absentia by a peculiar tribunal for "crimes against humanity" implicit her government's brutal crackdown connected student-led protests past year.
Hasina maintains the charges against her are "biased and politically motivated".
Hasina has been surviving successful India since she fled Bangladesh connected August 5 past twelvemonth successful the look of the monolithic protests that toppled her Awami League government. She was earlier declared a fugitive by a court.
Authorities tightened information successful and astir the tribunal analyzable successful the aged portion of Dhaka up of Thursday's verdict.
Apart from the Hasina family, 20 others, including erstwhile Junior Minister for Housing, Sharif Ahmed, and officials of the lodging ministry and Rajdhani Unyan Kartripakkah, were tried successful the cases, and but one, each were sentenced to varying situation terms.
The man, who was acquitted, is simply a inferior serviceman of the Ministry. Only 1 of the accused faced the proceedings successful person, and helium was sentenced to 3 years.
The Anti-Corruption Commission filed six cases betwixt January 12 and 14 and submitted charge-sheets successful each of them connected March 10.
On July 31, the tribunal framed charges successful the 3 cases and issued apprehension warrants against the accused. A full of 29 witnesses testified successful the cases.
A time earlier, Foreign Affairs Adviser M Touhid Hossain said Bangladesh expects a effect from New Delhi to its earlier petition seeking the extradition of Hasina, arsenic the “situation is antithetic now” with the judicial process completed and the erstwhile premier convicted.
India connected Wednesday said it is examining the interim government's request to extradite Hasina and asserted that it is committed to ensuring the champion interests of the radical of that country.
Most Awami League leaders person either been arrested oregon person fled the state since the illness of the Hasina regime.
