TDS Desk:

The High Court has formed a committee to probe plot totaling 60 kathas in Purbachal allocated in the name of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and six of family members from 2009-2024.

Former Justice Md Miftah Uddin Chowdhury will lead the three-member probe body. It has been asked to submit the report within next four months.

An HC bench of Judge Fatema Nazib passed this order on Thursday.

Ten Supreme Court lawyers filed the writ petition with the High Court on September 11.

In the petition, they urged the HC to direct authorities concerned of the government to revoke all the illegal allocations approved by Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) at Purbachal and to take action against those who were involved in and benefited from the allocations as per the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Act.