Tulip Siddiq flat fraud case: Dhaka court orders transferring trial to Special Judge Court

A Dhaka court has ordered transferring a
case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) against Tulip Siddiq,
daughter of Sheikh Rehana and niece of ousted former prime minister Sheikh
Hasina, and former Rajuk assistant law adviser Sardar Mosharraf Hossain over
allegations of fraud in obtaining a flat in the Gulshan-2 area of the capital.
The case is being
transferred to Dhaka Special Judge Court-5 for trial, according to an order was
passed by the court of Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md Sabbir Faiz
following a hearing today (8 April), confirmed Bench Assistant Md Riaz Hossain.
The court also
fixed 16 April for the charge framing hearing.
Bench Assistant Md Riaz Hossain said that
a gazette notification has been published through the Bangladesh Government
Press (BG Press), summoning Tulip Siddiq and other accused persons to appear
before the court.
Earlier, on 18
February, the court took cognisance of the chargesheet filed against Tulip and
former Rajuk assistant law adviser Sardar Mosharraf Hossain and issued arrest
warrants against them.
ACC filed the case
on 15 April last year against Rizwana Siddiq, former Rajuk assistant law
adviser Shah Md Khasruzzaman, and former Assistant Legal Adviser-1 Sardar
Mosharraf Hossain, on charges of acquiring a flat of Eastern Housing Limited in
Gulshan through illegal benefits.
According to the
case statement, the accused, in collusion with one another, abused their
authority to unlawfully take possession of a flat of Eastern Housing Limited in
Gulshan-2 without making any payment, and later registered the property in
their names.
Following the case, in July last year, accused Shah Khasruzzaman filed a writ
petition before the High Court during the investigation.
In response, the
High Court stayed the investigation against him for three months.
Subsequently,
although the matter was taken to the Chamber Court, the court issued a "no
order" to the ACC.
After completing
the investigation on 11 December, the ACC submitted the charge sheet against
Tulip Siddiq and Sardar Mosharraf Hossain under Sections
161/165(c)/467/468/471/109 of the Penal Code and Section 5(2) of the Prevention
of Corruption Act, 1947.
















