Dhaka, Nov. 27 -- Eighteen other people have received jail sentences alongside ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her son Sajeeb Wazed Joy, and her daughter Saima Wazed Putul in three cases over corruption in the allocation of plots in Dhaka's Purbachal New Town Project.

Saiful Islam Sarkar, an administrative official from the Ministry of Housing and Public Works, has been acquitted as the charges against him were not proven.

Dhaka Special Judge Mohammad Abdullah Al Mamun delivered the verdicts in the three cases filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Thursday.

Hasina was sentenced to seven years in prison in three cases, for a total of 21 years in prison.

Her son and daughter were sentenced to five years in prison each in...