This time, the property of Sheikh Hasina's niece Tulip Siddique has been found in a luxurious area of the capital. The information was published in the UK media The Telegraph. It said that the property is named after her family (Siddiques). Tulip Siddique is a former anti-corruption minister in the UK. She is a Member of Parliament (MP) for the country's ruling Labour Party.
Dhaka officials believe that Tulip's 'permanent address' in 2014 was the apartment complex in Dhaka called 'Siddiqs'. At the time, he was a councillor for Camden, north London, UK.
The apartment building is located in Gulshan, Dhaka. This area is home to embassies of various countries as well as large business establishments. This 10-story apartment building in the Gulshan area was built around 2010. According to a promotional video, the building has an open roof. There are two and three-bedroom flats with multiple balconies. It is not clear whether the building is in the name of Tulip's father Shafiq Ahmed Siddique, Tulip's grandfather, or the entire family.
According to court documents or news reports, a fifth property linked to Tulip was found in Bangladesh. However, sources in the UK's ruling Labour Party say that Tulip has no property in Bangladesh. Therefore, there is no obligation to answer any questions on this matter.
Tulip Siddique, who resigned as UK City Minister about a month ago, is still facing questions over her property issues and links to her aunt Sheikh Hasina's dictatorship in Bangladesh.
The UK Prime Minister's advisor Laurie Magnus investigated Tulip Siddique for corruption and found evidence that she had misled the public about a flat she had received as a gift from a member of Sheikh Hasina's party. Tulip Siddique resigned after this. She had briefly served as the City Minister, where her responsibility was to fight corruption.
The Anti-Corruption Commission of Bangladesh is investigating a plot called 'Tulips Territory' and a family vacation home in Gazipur's Kanaiya area. The Telegraph has learned about Tulip's links to the Gulshan property after this information came to light.
An official document shows that the Gulshan property was considered both the 'current' and 'permanent' address of Tulip, who was then a councillor for Camden, London.
A person familiar with the property believes the building was built on land owned by a member of the family. But the UK's Labour Party has refused to answer questions about whether any flats in the building are still owned by the family or who specifically named it after.
According to court documents, including this property in the names of family members, Tulip has links to another address in Gulshan and her aunt's house in Dhanmondi.
Last week, angry protesters set fire to Sheikh Hasina's Dhanmondi home in response to her speech. There was looting. A video captured by local media showed a picture of Tulip receiving her bachelor's degree hanging from a broken glass door frame in the house, while a fire was burning in the back room.
Tulip previously owned a flat in Dhaka with another family member, worth more than £100,000. The flat was sold in 2015, according to the UK Parliament's Registrar of Interests.
