Tulip Siddiq, niece of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina. File Photo

DHAKA, Mar 08, 2026 (BSS) – A court here today ordered authorities to publish a gazette notice summoning Tulip Siddiq, niece of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, and former assistant legal adviser of Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha, Sardar Mosharraf Hossain. They are accused of illegally taking a flat from a private developer in the capital’s Gulshan-2 area.

Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md  Sabbir Faiz passed the order this afternoon. The court also set March 29 for submitting report in this connection.

The court had issued arrest warrants against Tulip Siddiq and Sardar Mosharraf Hossain on February 18. Police today submitted a report saying they had failed to arrest the accused. Following this, Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md Sabbir Faiz passed the latest order and set March 29 for submission of a progress report.

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on April 15, 2025, filed the case against Tulip, Mosharraf and his colleague Shah Md Khasruzzaman for taking the flat from Eastern Housing Limited.

 
According to the case documents, the accused allegedly, in collusion with each other, abused their power and illegally took possession of a flat of Eastern Housing Limited in Gulshan-2 without paying any money, and later got it registered. The flat is Flat No B/201, House No: 5A and 5B (old), presently 113 and 11B (new), Road No 71.

  
The ACC on December 11, 2025, filed the charge-sheet against Tulip Siddiq and Sardar Mosharraf Hossain.