Dhaka, June 4 -- The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has seized 13 years of income tax records of British MP Tulip Siddiq, niece of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, as part of an ongoing investigation in Bangladesh.

Officials have also confiscated RAJUK documents of a flat registered under Tulip's name at Janata Housing Society on Ring Road in Dhaka's Shyamoli.

Confirming the development on Wednesday, ACC Director General Md Akhtar Hossain said: "An officer can seize any tax document for scrutiny if it is deemed necessary during an inquiry."

The documents were collected from the office of the deputy tax commissioner of Tax Circle 122 under Tax Zone-6 by the agency's Deputy Assistant Director Abdullah Al Mamun.

These records, now ...