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Published : 18 Jan 2026, 12:03 PM
A Dhaka court will deliver its verdict in a case over corruption in the allocation of plots in Purbachal against Radwan Mujib Siddiq Bobby, the nephew of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, on Feb 2.
A total of 18 suspects, including Hasina and her niece and British MP Tulip Siddiq, are accused in the case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission.
Judge Rabiul Alam of the Dhaka Special Judge’s Court set the date for the verdict after the arguments in the case concluded on Sunday.
On Jan 13, the same court had set Feb 2 for the verdict in a plot corruption case against Hasina’s niece Azmina Siddiq Ruponti.Arguments in the case against Bobby were set for Sunday, according to the court official Belal Hossain. Lawyer Hafizur Rahman argued on behalf of the ACC and petitioned the court for a maximum punishment of life in prison.
No lawyer received the opportunity to present arguments on behalf of 17 defendants, including Hasina, Tulip and Bobby as they are considered absconding in the eyes of the court. As such, they were not allowed to defend themselves.
Lawyer Shahinur Islam presented arguments on behalf of Khurshid Alam, the only accused currently in jail. He sought Khurshid's acquittal, claiming that the ACC had "failed to prove" the charges.
After hearing both sides, the court set Feb 2 as the date for the verdict.
The other accused in the case are former state minister of housing and public works Sharif Ahmed, former private secretary to Sheikh Hasina Mohammad Salah Uddin, former secretary to the Ministry of Housing and Public Works Shahid Ullah Khandaker, former senior assistant secretary Purabi Golder, former additional secretary (administration) Kazi Wasi Uddin, former administrative officer Saiful Islam Sarkar, former RAJUK chairman Anisur Rahman Miah, former director Sheikh Shahinul Islam, former member (planning) Mohammad Nasir Uddin, former members Shamsuddin Ahmed Chowdhury, Tanmoy Das, former assistant directors Faria Sultana and Mazharul Islam, and former deputy director Nayeb Ali Sharif.
After the changeover of power on Aug 5, 2024, allegations of irregularities and corruption during the Awami League era began coming to light.
In this context, the ACC filed six cases in January on charges of allocating a 60-katha plot of land in RAJUK’s Purbachal New Town project through “abuse of power and irregularities”.
In addition to Hasina, her son Sajeeb Wazed Joy, daughter Saima Wazed Putul, sister Sheikh Rehana, nieces Tulip and Ruponti, and nephew Radwan Mujib Siddique Bobby are among the suspects in the cases.
Of these, verdicts have been delivered in three cases involving Hasina’s family. The court has also delivered a verdict in one case involving Rehana and Tulip.
The court has sentenced Hasina to a total of 26 years in prison in four cases over graft. Joy and Putul have been sentenced to five years each. In addition, Rehana has been sentenced to seven years in jail and her daughter Tulip has been sentenced to two years.
Testimony in the case over Ruponti's plot ended on Jan 5. A total of 30 people testified in the case. On Jan 8, Khurshid Alam pleaded not guilty.
Meanwhile, the recording of testimony in the case against Rehana's son Bobby concluded in the same court on Tuesday.
Khurshid also pleaded not guilty in that case.
A total of 28 witnesses have testified in the case against Bobby and 17 others. The court concluded the recording of testimony in the case on Jan 13. Khurshid Alam, who was in jail on the same day, pleaded not guilty. The other accused were absconding and could not present their own defence.
On Jan 13 last year, the ACC's Assistant Director SM Rashedul Hasan filed a case against Bobby as the prime suspect at the ACC's Integrated District Office-1, alleging corruption in the allocation of a 10-katha plot of land in Purbachal.
Then, on Mar 24, investigating officer Rashedul Hasan filed a charge sheet in the court against a total of 18 people, including two suspects - Sharif and Salah Uddin - identified during the investigation.
