{"id":3562,"date":"2025-11-27T12:41:47","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T12:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=3562"},"modified":"2025-11-27T12:41:47","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T12:41:47","slug":"after-death-sentence-bangladesh-ex-pm-hasina-gets-21-years-for-land-grab-sheikh-hasina-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=3562","title":{"rendered":"After death sentence, Bangladesh ex-PM Hasina gets 21 years for land grab | Sheikh Hasina News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>Public prosecutor vows to appeal the verdict, saying the government wants the maximum penalty.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 27 Nov 2025<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">27 Nov 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__button-wrapper\"><button class=\"rich-share__button row\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/p>\n<p>Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"icon icon--share2 icon--primary icon--16 \" viewbox=\"0 0 20 16\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><title>share2<\/title><path fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M11.688 9.048c-.659 0-1.252.282-1.673.733l-4.92-2.45c.016-.115.028-.232.028-.352 0-.117-.011-.23-.027-.343l4.913-2.423a2.285 2.285 0 0 0 1.68.739C12.964 4.952 14 3.899 14 2.6 14 1.302 12.965.25 11.688.25S9.377 1.302 9.377 2.601c0 .117.01.23.027.343L4.49 5.367a2.285 2.285 0 0 0-1.68-.739C1.536 4.628.5 5.681.5 6.979c0 1.299 1.035 2.35 2.312 2.35.659 0 1.252-.281 1.673-.731l4.92 2.45a2.357 2.357 0 0 0-.029.351c0 1.299 1.035 2.351 2.312 2.351S14 12.698 14 11.399s-1.035-2.35-2.312-2.35Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Ousted Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been sentenced to 21 years in prison in separate corruption cases related to allocations of land in a government project, dealing another legal blow to the country\u2019s former leader, living in exile.<\/p>\n<p>In a decision issued on Thursday, a court found Hasina guilty of illegally securing plots of land in a suburb of the capital, Dhaka, for herself and her family despite their ineligibility.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 3 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>Last week, Hasina was sentenced to death by\u00a0<span style=\"margin:0px;padding:0px\">hanging\u00a0after<\/span>\u00a0she was found guilty of crimes against humanity for ordering a deadly crackdown against a student-led uprising last year that eventually ousted her.<\/p>\n<p>Hasina fled Bangladesh by helicopter on August 5, 2024, after weeks of student-led protests against her \u201cautocratic rule\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The 78-year-old former leader is currently residing in India and has defied court orders that she return to Bangladesh. New Delhi is said to be studying Dhaka\u2019s extradition request.<\/p>\n<p>Shaina Begum, the mother of 20-year-old student Sajjat Hosen Sojal, who was shot and his body burned by the police hours before the student-led uprising forced Hasina to resign and flee the country, told Al Jazeera after the verdict, \u201cI cannot be calm until she [Hasina] is brought back and hanged in this country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of families who lost loved ones in the protests wonder if the deposed prime minister will actually face justice.<\/p>\n<p>The three corruption cases were brought against her by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) over alleged land grabs of lucrative plots in the Purbachal New Town project.<\/p>\n<p>Hasina\u2019s conduct \u201cdemonstrates a persistent corruption mindset rooted in entitlement, unchecked power, and a greedy eye for public property\u201d, ruled Judge Abdullah Al Mamun.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTreating public land as a private asset, she directed her greedy eye toward state resources and manipulated official procedures to benefit herself and her close relatives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Each sentence was seven years in prison, and Mamun ruled that Hasina would need to serve them consecutively.<\/p>\n<p>Her son\u00a0Sajeeb Wazed\u00a0and daughter Saima Wazed were each sentenced to five years in prison in one of the three cases.<\/p>\n<p>Other details of the verdict were not available immediately.<\/p>\n<p>Public prosecutor Khan Moinul Hasan said he would appeal, telling the AFP news agency that he was \u201cnot satisfied\u201d with the verdict and wanted the maximum sentence.<\/p>\n<p>Hasina and her Awami League party have denounced the trials against her.<\/p>\n<p>She did not appoint a defence lawyer, and some global human rights groups have questioned the credibility and fairness of the trial process against Hasina.<\/p>\n<p>Other cases also involving alleged land grabbing are still pending, and a separate verdict is expected on December 1.<\/p>\n<p>Bangladesh has been going through a difficult political transition under an interim government headed by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, and\u00a0new elections are planned in February 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The United Nations says up to 1,400 people were killed in crackdowns as Hasina tried to cling to power.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Public prosecutor vows to appeal the verdict, saying the government wants the maximum penalty. 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