Dhaka, April 9 -- The hearing of the chargesheet in the corruption case involving former premier Sheikh Hasina and members of her family is scheduled to begin at the Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judges' Court from Thursday.

The case centres on allegations of irregularities and abuse of power in the allocation of government land in the Purbachal New Town project overseen by RAJUK.

The proceedings will mark the formal start of hearings in six separate cases tied to the allocation of six 60-katha plots in the Purbachal area.

The cases will be heard in three phases, starting 15 days after the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) submitted its chargesheets.

An official from the ACC, speaking to bdnews24.com, confirmed the court schedule....