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Bangladesh court orders Interpol red notice against British MP Tulip
A metropolitan senior special judge court in Dhaka on Thursday ordered the authorities to take appropriate measures to issue a red notice through Interpol for the arrest of British lawmaker Tulip Siddiq, niece of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, in a case...
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Bangladesh court orders Interpol red notice against British MP Tulip
Seizure of 518 UK properties of Saifuzzaman ordered
Staff Correspondent 26 February, 2026, 15:40
British MP Tulip Siddiq | BSS photo
A metropolitan senior special judge court in Dhaka on Thursday ordered the authorities to take appropriate measures to issue a red notice through Interpol for the arrest of British lawmaker Tulip Siddiq, niece of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, in a case filed over acquiring a flat in the capital’s Gulshan-2 area illegally by providing undue benefits to a private developer.
The court also asked the Anti-Corruption Commission for seizure of 518 properties worth £271.85 million in the United Kingdom owned by former land minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury, following allegations of corruption.
Judge Md Sabbir Faiz of the court passed the orders following separate petitions filed by the commission, said the commission’s deputy director for public relations Aktarul Islam.
ACC assistant director AKM Mortuza Ali Sagar submitted a petition to the court seeking order to take steps for a red notice through Interpol against Tulip, a lawmaker from the UK’s ruling Labour Party.
On February 18, the court issued arrest warrants against Tulip and Rajuk’s former assistant legal adviser Sardar Mosharraf Hossain, after accepting the charge sheet in the case.
On April 15, 2025, the anti-graft body filed the case against Tulip, Mosharraf and Rajuk’s former assistant legal adviser Shah Md Khasruzzaman for allegedly illegally acquiring 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 in Eastern Housing’s Gulshan-2 project without paying any money, and later got it registered.
The ACC on January 13 this year submitted a charge sheet against Tulip and Mosharraf in the case.
Between November 27, 2025 and February 2 this year, ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina was jailed for 36 years in six cases in connection with the Purbachal plot scam in Dhaka.
Apart from this, Tulip was also sentenced to six years’ imprisonment in three of the six cases filed over the Purbachal plot scam.
Meanwhile, the court ordered the seizure of 518 properties worth £271.85 million in the UK owned by former minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury, following allegations of corruption.
According to the commission’s petition, on September 21, 2025, ACC raided a Chittagong home and recovered 23 sacks of documentary evidence, including contracts, deeds, payment orders, cheques, vouchers, and original documents related to property acquisitions abroad by Saifuzzaman.
Investigators compiled a list of properties acquired in different countries, including the UK, prompting the court to order their seizure to prevent any transfer or disposal.
In January this year, the court asked the commission to take measures to seize over 300 houses and apartments abroad owned by Saifuzzaman and his related entities.
Among these properties, 40 houses are in the United States, 23 in Thailand, 47 in Malaysia, 59 in Dubai, 117 in Cambodia, four houses and 30 apartments in Vietnam, nine houses in India, and two houses in the Philippines.
The court also ordered the freezing of $1 million that the ex-minister had invested in the US.
In June 2025, the UK’s National Crime Agency had frozen some properties in the United Kingdom owned by Saifuzzaman, reports Al Jazeera.
The move follows legal requests from Bangladesh authorities to take action against assets owned by Saifuzzaman, a political ally of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina of the Awami League.
Saifuzzaman is under investigation by the ACC in Bangladesh for corruption, including money laundering. Several cases have already been filed against him over various graft charges.
Saifuzzaman served as the state minister for land from 2014 to 2018 and as the land minister from 2019 to 2023 during the Awami League regime.
After Hasina’s departure and the fall of the Hasina-led regime on August 5, 2024 amid a student-led mass uprising, the Bangladesh authorities launched an investigation into allegations of widespread corruption in her government.
Seizure of 518 UK properties of Saifuzzaman ordered
Staff Correspondent 26 February, 2026, 15:40
British MP Tulip Siddiq | BSS photo
A metropolitan senior special judge court in Dhaka on Thursday ordered the authorities to take appropriate measures to issue a red notice through Interpol for the arrest of British lawmaker Tulip Siddiq, niece of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, in a case filed over acquiring a flat in the capital’s Gulshan-2 area illegally by providing undue benefits to a private developer.
The court also asked the Anti-Corruption Commission for seizure of 518 properties worth £271.85 million in the United Kingdom owned by former land minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury, following allegations of corruption.
Judge Md Sabbir Faiz of the court passed the orders following separate petitions filed by the commission, said the commission’s deputy director for public relations Aktarul Islam.
ACC assistant director AKM Mortuza Ali Sagar submitted a petition to the court seeking order to take steps for a red notice through Interpol against Tulip, a lawmaker from the UK’s ruling Labour Party.
On February 18, the court issued arrest warrants against Tulip and Rajuk’s former assistant legal adviser Sardar Mosharraf Hossain, after accepting the charge sheet in the case.
On April 15, 2025, the anti-graft body filed the case against Tulip, Mosharraf and Rajuk’s former assistant legal adviser Shah Md Khasruzzaman for allegedly illegally acquiring 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 in Eastern Housing’s Gulshan-2 project without paying any money, and later got it registered.
The ACC on January 13 this year submitted a charge sheet against Tulip and Mosharraf in the case.
Between November 27, 2025 and February 2 this year, ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina was jailed for 36 years in six cases in connection with the Purbachal plot scam in Dhaka.
Apart from this, Tulip was also sentenced to six years’ imprisonment in three of the six cases filed over the Purbachal plot scam.
Meanwhile, the court ordered the seizure of 518 properties worth £271.85 million in the UK owned by former minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury, following allegations of corruption.
According to the commission’s petition, on September 21, 2025, ACC raided a Chittagong home and recovered 23 sacks of documentary evidence, including contracts, deeds, payment orders, cheques, vouchers, and original documents related to property acquisitions abroad by Saifuzzaman.
Investigators compiled a list of properties acquired in different countries, including the UK, prompting the court to order their seizure to prevent any transfer or disposal.
In January this year, the court asked the commission to take measures to seize over 300 houses and apartments abroad owned by Saifuzzaman and his related entities.
Among these properties, 40 houses are in the United States, 23 in Thailand, 47 in Malaysia, 59 in Dubai, 117 in Cambodia, four houses and 30 apartments in Vietnam, nine houses in India, and two houses in the Philippines.
The court also ordered the freezing of $1 million that the ex-minister had invested in the US.
In June 2025, the UK’s National Crime Agency had frozen some properties in the United Kingdom owned by Saifuzzaman, reports Al Jazeera.
The move follows legal requests from Bangladesh authorities to take action against assets owned by Saifuzzaman, a political ally of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina of the Awami League.
Saifuzzaman is under investigation by the ACC in Bangladesh for corruption, including money laundering. Several cases have already been filed against him over various graft charges.
Saifuzzaman served as the state minister for land from 2014 to 2018 and as the land minister from 2019 to 2023 during the Awami League regime.
After Hasina’s departure and the fall of the Hasina-led regime on August 5, 2024 amid a student-led mass uprising, the Bangladesh authorities launched an investigation into allegations of widespread corruption in her government.
