Dhaka, Dec. 3 -- Bangladesh's Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), on Wednesday, issued a detailed response to concerns raised over the trial and sentencing of Tulip Siddiq, the daughter of Sheikh Rehana and niece of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, insisting that her conviction was grounded in extensive evidence and lawful process.

The ACC said it had reviewed prosecution files relating to three corruption cases against Siddiq, including one that has already resulted in a guilty verdict. All three involve plots of land allocated in Dhaka during Hasina's tenure, allegedly in the names of Siddiq, her mother and other family members. One case documents that Siddiq herself received a Gulshan plot - a prime residential area where land value...