Dhaka, Feb. 26 -- A Dhaka court has directed authorities to initiate steps to request an Interpol red notice for British MP Tulip Siddiq, niece of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina.

Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md Sabbir Faiz passed the order on Wednesday, according to court bench assistant Riaz Hossain.

The directive follows an arrest warrant in a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) over an allegedly illegal flat in Gulshan-2, one of Dhaka's diplomatic zones.

The ACC claims Tulip acquired the property unlawfully during Hasina's tenure as prime minister.

Tulip, the Labour MP for Hampstead and Highgate in London, was previously convicted in a separate corruption-related case in Bangladesh.

The graft watchdog file...