Sheikh Rehana-Sheikh Hasina and Tulip, photo-collected.
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This time Sheikh Hasina’s sister Sheikh Rehana and Rehana’s daughter Tulip are being accused of embezzling 5 billion dollars. The information that emerged in the report of the Global Defense Corp.

According to the report, Bangladesh’s ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina embezzled more than 5 billion dollars from Rooppur nuclear power plant. They said that through a bank in Malaysia, he was given the opportunity to receive money, the project implementation agency – Rosatrom. In order to intercede, niece Tulip Siddiq.

The largest and most expensive project in the country is Rooppur nuclear power plant. It is expected to meet 20 percent of electricity demand after full implementation. Recently, a portal called Global Defense Corporation has published a report based on its own findings.

It is said that the cost of the construction of the power plant with the help of Russia is 1 thousand 265 million dollars. Which is much more than needed. In order to allow Sheikh Hasina to embezzle 5 billion dollars from this budget through a Malaysian bank, the project implementing agency – Rosatrom. The then Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina made this agreement with Russia through the mediation of her niece Tulip Siddique. Tulip, Sheikh Rehana and some family members received 30 percent of the money smuggled in exchange for this mediation. In 2013, Tulip Siddiq accompanied Sheikh Hasina during her meeting with Russian President Putin. According to Global Defense Corp, he also mediated the Dhaka-Moscow billion dollar arms deal at that time.

In 2009, Tulip Siddique, her mother Sheikh Rehana and uncle the then Prime Minister’s Defense Advisor Tariq Ahmed Siddique started a fake company called ‘Prachhaya Limited’. They also have a company called Jumana Investments in the United States. Global Defense Corp alleged that Sheikh Hasina used to launder money to offshore accounts of various countries through this company.

The portal, named Global Defense Corp, was launched in 2018. They investigate corruption in the military and defense sector of different countries. It acts as a Western shield, especially against the expansion of China and Russia’s military power.