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Bangladesh's anti-money laundering bureau has asked the country's banks for details of accounts and transactions linked to Treasury curate Tulip Siddiq.
The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) is besides seeking details related to Siddiq's sister, brother, parent arsenic good arsenic her aunt Sheikh Hasina, the country's erstwhile premier minister.
It comes aft Siddiq was named past period successful an probe into claims Sheikh Hasina and her household embezzled up to £3.9bn from infrastructure spending successful Bangladesh.
A spokesperson for Tulip Siddiq said: "No grounds has been presented for these allegations. Tulip has not been contacted by anyone connected the substance and wholly refutes the claims."
Allies of Siddiq importune she has nary slope accounts extracurricular the UK, and has not been contacted by the Bangladeshi authorities.
The probe successful Bangladesh is based connected a bid of allegations made by Bobby Hajjaj, a elder governmental hostile of Hasina, who fled Bangladesh past August amid deadly protests against her government.
A root adjacent to Siddiq has antecedently described the allegations arsenic "trumped up" and designed to harm her aunt.
A elder authoritative astatine the BFIU told the BBC: "BFIU has issued directives to each banks and fiscal institutions of Bangladesh to nonstop the accusation and transaction details of Sheikh Hasina, Sheikh Rehana, Hasina's lad Sajeeb Wazed Joy, Hasina's girl Saima Wazed Putul, Rehana's daughters Tulip Siddiq and Azmina Siddiq and Rehana's lad Radwan Mujib Siddiq Bobby and their concern enterprises."
On Monday, Siddiq referred herself to the premier minister's standards advisor aft contention implicit her links to her aunt's governmental movement.
Siddiq had faced increasing calls for an probe aft reports successful caller days she had lived successful London properties linked to allies of her aunt.
In her missive to Sir Laurie Magnus, who polices standards among authorities ministers, she said: "I americium wide that I person done thing wrong."
Downing Street confirmed Sir Laurie would present behaviour a "fact-finding" workout to find if "further action" was needed, including a further investigation.
A spokesperson for PM Sir Keir Starmer said the results would beryllium made public, but did not specify a timescale for the process to conclude.
Sir Keir has said helium has assurance successful Siddiq, who arsenic Economic Secretary to the Treasury is liable for tackling economical crime, wealth laundering and illicit finance.
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