British lawmaker Tulip gets 2-year jail term in Bangladesh plot scam

A Dhaka court on Monday sentenced British lawmaker Tulip Siddiq to two years in prison for allegedly obtaining a government plot in an upscale area by abusing her position and family ties, according to the court ruling, Anadolu reports. Tulip, a former UK treasury minister and niece of the ousted fugitive Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, received the verdict in absentia. She has denied the wrongdoing. Hasina’s government was ousted last year when she fled to India on Aug. 5. Judge Md. Rabiul Alam of Dhaka’s Special Judge’s Court-4 announced the verdict. Tulip was also fined Taka 100,000 ($821), with six months of non-commissioned imprisonment in case of non-payment. READ: Former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina sentenced to death The court sentenced Hasina […]