Dhaka, May 8 -- The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has summoned British MP Tulip Siddiq, the niece of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, to question her in a case that alleges she unlawfully received a flat from Eastern Housing Limited in Dhaka's Gulshan area.

The anti-graft watchdog asked her to appear at the ACC headquarters at 10am on May 14 in a case that the commission filed on Apr 15.

ACC spokesperson Akhtarul Islam said notices were sent to Tulip's addresses in Dhaka's Dhanmondi and Gulshan-2 on May 6.

According to the ACC, the accused colluded in a "criminal conspiracy, corruption, misconduct and abuse of power" to unlawfully occupy an Eastern Housing Ltd flat in Gulshan without paying any money, according to the ACC. The ...