A court here today (Sunday) set September 1 for holding a charge-framing hearing in a case filed against Tulip Siddiq, niece of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, for allegedly acquiring a flat illegally from a private developer in the capital's Gulshan-2 area.

Judge Mohammad Abdullah Al Mamun of Dhaka Special Judge Court-5 passed the order, allowing a time plea of the defence.

Another accused in the case is former assistant legal adviser of Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (RAJUK) Sardar Mosharraf Hossain.

Earlier, on April 8, 2026, Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md Sabbir Faiz transferred the case to the Dhaka Special Judge Court-5 for further proceedings.

The court issued the order after receiving a published gazette notice summoning the two accused. Earlier, on March 8, the court had ordered authorities to publish the gazette notice.

The court also issued arrest warrants against Tulip Siddiq and Sardar Mosharraf Hossain on February 18. Police later submitted a report stating that they had failed to arrest the accused.

Following this, the court passed the latest order and fixed March 29 for submission of a progress report.

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

According to the case documents, the accused, in collusion with one another, allegedly abused their authority to take possession of a flat of Eastern Housing Limited in Gulshan-2 without making any payment and later had it registered in their names.

The flat is B/201 of House No. 5A and 5B (old), presently 113 and 11B (new), Road No. 71

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