In an investigation into allegations that her family embezzled up to £3.9 billion ( Tk 590 billion ) from infrastructure projects in Bangladesh, a Labour minister has been named.
Tulip Siddiq is accused of breakingred a bargain with Russia in 2013 for a new nuclear power plant in Bangladesh that resulted in £1 billion being stolen from personal fingers. As the Treasury’s Economic Secretary, he is alleged to have managed to combat fraud in English financial industry.
The allegation is part of a wider investigation by Bangladesh’s Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) into Siddiq’s aunt Sheikh Hasina, the recently deposed prime minister of the country who fled to India in August.
Siddiq has been approached for remark. The Labour Party has not commented on the matter.
The research is based on a number of allegations made by Hasina’s senior political opponent, Bobby Hajjaj.
The ACC is also investigating several of Hasina’s household members, including Siddiq’s family Sheikh Rehana Siddiq, and top officials from her state.
Hasina, who oversaw Bangladesh for more than 20 years, was viewed as an autocrat whose government brutally repressed opposition.
Hasina has been charged with numerous acts by the new Bangladeshi authorities since escaping the nation.
Hasina is wanted by Bangladesh’s International Criminal Tribunal ( ICT) for her alleged involvements in” crimes against humanity” that took place during the marches, in which thousands were killed.
Additionally, 45 others, including former government officials who likewise emigrated, have been granted arrest warrants.
Syed Faruk, who runs the UK unit of Hasina’s Awami League group, said the says were “fabricated”.
Siddiq was elected MP for Holborn and St. Pancras, north London’s neighboring communities of Hampstead and Highgate in 2015, in addition to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s chair.