The arrest order issued to Tulip Siddiq in Bangladesh

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A memorandum of arresting Bangladeshi was issued to the former Minister of City, because of allegations that it had misused the political authority to illegally acquire lands in a sophisticated town near Dhaka.

An official at the Anti -Corruption Committee told the Financial Times that a court issued a coincidence, along with her mother, Sheikh Rihanna, her aunt, former Prime Minister Sheikh, and other family members, according to an official in the Anti -Corruption Committee in the Times.

My friend was summoned to be in Sunday’s session, after a previous notice issued on April 10. After it failed to attend, the court issued arrest orders, the responsible said.

This issue, which ACC in Bangladesh has allegations that the family illegally obtained nearly half an acre in Bourbatchel, a residential area planned on the outskirts of the capital.

The Administrative Coordination Committee claims that my friend has used its political influence to secure government conspiracies for herself and her family, and has benefited from the illegal allocation of state -owned lands.

The court had previously issued orders against April 10 against 18 individuals, regarding a separate case that involves alleged violations of land allocations.

Lawyers who represent a friend said in a statement: “The Administrative Coordination Committee of Mrs. Siddiq did not respond or put any allegations of her directly or through her lawyers.”

They added: “Mrs. My friend does not know anything about a hearing in Dhaka related to her and she has no knowledge of any arrest warrant that is said to be issued.”

They said that “there is absolutely no basis on any charges against it, and there is absolutely no truth about any claim that it had received a conspiracy from the land in Dhaka through illegal means” and added, “It is clear to us that the charges are of political motives.”

My friend resigned from his ministerial position in January amid political pressure after allegations, I informed FT for the first time, that she had benefited from the properties linked to the Awami League, the authoritarian party led by her aunt Sheikh Hasina.

The agency also claimed that Siddiq used a fake notary to transfer a separate apartment to her sister.

Sheikh Hasina’s period ended for 15 years last August amid widespread protests against its regime.

A friend of a friend of the allegations last month, on the pretext that the former minister was a victim of “false, disturbing and designed allegations” and that the media had been used by the Bangladeshi authorities as a “way to publish allegations” that “have no truth”, which were not placed on their client.

They said that she had given the property to her sister after her election as a deputy in a “legitimate and legal” transfer registered with the Bangladeshi authorities.