A Dhaka court has directed authorities to issue a gazette notification summoning Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and 11 others to appear in court in connection with a case over alleged abuse of power involving the allocation of a 10-katha government plot in the Purbachal New Town Project.

The court has set July 1 as the deadline for submitting a report on the matter. According to Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) prosecutor Mir Ahmed Ali Salam, six cases related to corruption in land allocation were scheduled for hearing today. However, police failed to submit arrest reports in five of the cases. In the remaining case, a report stated that Sheikh Hasina and the other 11 accused are currently absconding. The ACC has requested the court to proceed with publishing a gazette notice to summon the accused in accordance with legal procedure.