Dhaka, April 2 -- British MP Tulip Siddiq has accused Bangladeshi authorities of conducting a smear campaign by making "false and vexatious claims" against her in the media without ever contacting her directly.

In a statement posted on social media platform X on Wednesday, Tulip said: "The Bangladesh authorities have been making false allegations about me to the media for months, but they have never contacted me directly."

Tulip, a niece of Bangladesh's deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, is in the crosshairs of authorities in Bangladesh as part of an ongoing corruption investigation involving her aunt.

The Labour MP for Hampstead and Kilburn said her lawyers had reached out to the relevant authorities over two weeks ago, urging them...