Dhaka, March 21 -- The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed two separate cases against Saima Wazed Putul on Thursday. ACC sources have confirmed the matter to the media.

In one case, Saima Wazed Putul, daughter of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, has been accused of abusing power, and using fraud, and forgery to secure the position of Regional Director of the World Health Organization's South-East Asia Regional Office.

She has also been accused of coercing member banks of the Bangladesh Association of Banks (BAB) into depositing Tk 33.05 crore into the accounts of Shuchona Foundation.

The cases were filed yesterday at the ACC's Integrated District Office-1 in Dhaka by ACC Deputy Director Tahasin Munabil Haque. While one case name...