Dhaka, April 16 -- The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has prosecuted Tulip Siddiq, a former UK City minister and niece of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, over allegations of taking a flat as a "bribe" from Eastern Housing Limited after facilitating the "illegal transfer" of a plot in Dhaka's Gulshan.

ACC Assistant Director Monirul Islam lodged the case at the agency's Dhaka Integrated District Office on Tuesday, naming Tulip alongside two Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (RAJUK) officials.

Akhtar Hossain, the director general of the national anti-graft agency, said the three were accused of gaining "illegal advantage" through "collusion" and "abuse of power".

The Commission's investigation uncovered initial evidence linking the all...