Published : 02 Sep 2026, 01:49 AM
Updated : 08 Sep 2026, 09:37 AM
The charge framing hearing against British MP Tulip Rizwana Siddiq in a case alleging she accepted a flat in Gulshan as a bribe has been deferred once again as the High Court stayed proceedings against one of the suspects.
There are two suspects in this case, alongside Tulip, niece of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina.
As proceedings against one of them -- Sardar Mosharraf Hossain, a former assistant legal advisor to Rajdhani Unnayan Katripakkha (RAJUK) -- have been stayed, Dhaka Special Judges’ Court on Tuesday deferred the indictment hearing and set Jan 11 next year for the next proceeding.
Court stenographer Sohanur Rahman confirmed the matter.
He said that on behalf of Mosharraf, his lawyer informed the court of the situation and applied to defer the hearing.
ACC Prosecutor Mir Ahmed Ali Salam said there were three suspects in this case.
The High Court had earlier stayed the investigation against one suspect. Now, Mosharraf has obtained a stay order on the trial proceedings from the High Court.
He said, "The court has told us to get the stay order vacated. We will file an appeal to do so."
The High Court issued the order staying proceedings against Mosharraf on Jul 7, the ACC prosecutor added.
On Apr 15 April, the ACC filed the case against Tulip, former RAJUK assistant legal advisor Shah Md Khosruzzaman, and Mosharraf, accusing them of taking a flat from Eastern Housing Ltd as a "bribe".
Khosruzzaman later filed a petition in the High Court in July seeking a stay on the investigation. The court stayed the investigation for three months.
Completing the investigation against the remaining two suspects, ACC Assistant Director AKM Mortuza Ali Sagar submitted the charge sheet to the court on Jan 13.
Taking the charge sheet into cognisance, the court issued arrest warrants against them on Feb 18.
The investigating officer applied to the court seeking steps to issue an Interpol red notice to arrest Tulip. Following a hearing on Feb 26, the court granted the application.
An official gazette was subsequently published, ordering the suspects to appear before the court.
