Overview

• The Dhaka Special Judge Court-4 formally opened hearings with Anti-Corruption Commission officials reading testimonies in the Purbachal housing plot case.
• Tulip Siddiq and her mother, brother and sister were indicted in April and are being tried in absentia after Bangladeshi courts issued arrest warrants following their absence.
• ACC lawyers told the court they possess correspondence and documents linking the defendants to irregular Purbachal plot allotments and a separate alleged embezzlement scheme in the 2013 Rooppur nuclear project.
• Siddiq has branded the proceedings a “farce” driven by political vendetta, insisting she never received a formal summons or access to evidence.
• Prosecutors signalled they may seek an Interpol Red Notice if convictions follow and noted parallel asset-freezes by UK authorities in London.