Dhaka, Feb. 18 -- A Dhaka court has issued an arrest warrant against British Labour MP Tulip Siddiq in a corruption case over a flat in Gulshan.

Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md Sabbir Faiz passed the order on Wednesday after taking cognisance of the charge sheet filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).

Former RAJUK assistant legal advisor Sardar Mosharraf Hossain is also an suspect in the case.

ACC Prosecutor Mir Ahmed Ali Salam said the court issued the warrants as the suspects are absconding and fixed Mar 8 for submission of the arrest report.

Tulip, a niece of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, was earlier convicted in a separate plot corruption case in Bangladesh.

Allegations were brought against her for exerting inf...