Investigators in Bangladesh demand Tulip Siddiq’s bank account details
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Anti-money laundering officials ask banks for information on UK minister and seven of her family members. Anti-money laundering officials in Bangladesh have demanded bank account details for Tulip Siddiq, the UK anti-corruption minister, in the latest escalation of the inquiries into her family’s financial interests.
The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU), which investigates money laundering and suspicious transactions, wrote to the country’s main banks on Tuesday asking them to provide account details for Siddiq and seven of her family members. Officials also asked for the bank account details of Siddiq’s aunt, Sheikh Hasina, who was deposed as Bangladesh’s prime minister last year after widespread protests against her rule.
Siddiq’s mother, her sister and her brother were also named in the request, which has been seen by the Guardian. Bangladesh’s anti-corruption commission have begun an investigation into whether Siddiq, a close ally of the UK prime minister, Keir Starmer, helped embezzle billions of pounds as part of a deal for a Russian-funded nuclear power plant.
Siddiq was pictured alongside her aunt and the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, but has denied allegations that she helped broker a deal with Moscow to build the project. A spokesperson for Siddiq said: “No evidence has been presented for these allegations. Tulip has not been contacted by anyone on the matter and totally refutes the claims.”.
