Tulip Siddiq, niece of ousted aged PM Sheikh Hasina and British Labour MP for Hampstead and Highgate has been accused of serving to Hasina embezzle funds, says The Telegraph.
Labour Occasion insiders characterised the allegations as “fraudulent claims” and acknowledged Siddiq, the Metropolis minister, had no longer been contacted over the matter.
If confirmed, the investigation dangers sparking a diplomatic row between the UK and Bangladesh.
Bangladesh’s anti-corruption commission reportedly advised native recordsdata stores on Tuesday that it had opened an investigation into allegations the household had illegally siphoned off £5.2 billion intended for the building of a nuclear energy plant and eight other colossal-scale initiatives.
All enjoy been implemented by the Awami League, the country’s aged ruling occasion which was once led by Hasina. The 76-year-susceptible, the longest-serving prime minister of Bangladesh, is now in India, having been ousted after 15 years in energy.
All via her tenure, opponents enjoy been attacked, arrested and secretly imprisoned as the regime utilized extrajudicial killings.
A new government has since taken over and is now pursuing the aged ruler and her household.
Siddiq did no longer acknowledge to requests from the Telegraph for comment on the investigation.
The Telegraph previously reported on how Siddiq’s household retreat in Bangladesh was once ransacked after Hasina fled the country in August following violent protests against her administration.
In accordance to evaluation by native recordsdata stores, extra than 300 other folks enjoy been killed in clashes between college students, government supporters and armed police.
