Bangladesh interim leader Muhammad Yunus refused to meet Labor MP Tulip Siddiq to discuss allegations of corruption against him during a visit to London.

Yunus told the BBC that the allegations were a “court case” and said that he believed in the Anti -Corruption Commission (ACC) of Bangladesh, who is investigating Siddiq.

The ACC has accused Siddique of illegally acquiring land from his aunt Sheikh Hasina’s rule, which was excluded as Prime Minister of Bangladesh last year.

Former Treasury Minister Siddiq has denied the allegations and accused Bangladeshi officials of “politically motivated smear campaign”.

In a letter, Siddiq requested a meeting with Yumns, a Nobel-proclaimed economist who led an interim government in Bangladesh as a student-led protest movement hit Hasina with power.

Siddiq said that a meeting can also help clarify misunderstanding by the anti-corruption commission in Dhaka “.

In an interview with the BBC, Younus was asked if he would meet Siddiq during his four -day visit to the UK this week.

“No, I am not because it’s a legal process,” Younus said. “I don’t want to disrupt a legal process. Let the process continue.”

Siddiq has argued that Bangladeshi officials have not given any evidence to support their allegations and refuse to join their lawyers.

Responding to those arguments, Younus said: “It is a matter of a court.

“A court will decide if enough material is available to pursue or cancel it”.

Asked if the prosecutors in Bangladesh need to be more transparent and provide evidence to Siddiq to do wrong, Yunus said: “As the Chief Advisor, I have full faith in our anti -corruption commission and they are doing the right thing.”

On the question whether he would seek Siddiqu’s extradition if he was convicted for any crime in Bangladesh, Younus said: “If it is part of the legal process, of course.”

In a statement, Siddiq said she was disappointed that Younus refused to meet her.

He said: “He is in the heart of a political vengeance based on fictional allegations, in which there was no evidence that the media was constantly informed.

“If it was a serious legal process, they would attach fake correspondence at a address in Faka instead of joining with my lawyers, where I have never been.

“I hope that he is now serious about ending the practice of staining me in the press and allows courts to establish that their investigation has nothing to do with me – a British citizen and a proud member of the UK Parliament.”

After investigating the allegations of the Prime Minister’s Ethics Advisor, Sir Laurie Magnus, Siddiq left his ministerial post earlier this year.

In his report, Sir Laurie said that he had “not identified evidence of inconsistencies”.

But he said it was “regrettable” that Siddiq was not more alert for “potentially iconic risks” of his relationship with his aunt, who is the leader of the Awami League party in Bangladesh.

Bangladesh officials estimate that approximately $ 234BN (£ 174BN) was distanced away from Bangladesh through corrupt means, while Hasina was in power.

Bangladeshi officials allege that most of this money has been killed or spent in Britain.

Yunus said that he was not able to arrange a meeting with Prime Minister Sir Kir Stmper, a close friend and the neighbor of the constitution sector of Siddiq.

He said: “I don’t know if I should be disappointed or they should be disappointed. It is an opportunity for a lapse.

“This is why I am saying that coming to Bangladesh will be a good opportunity to relax and see and feel this moment.”

Asked if Downing Street has given a reason not to determine the time of meeting with the stormer, he said: “I don’t think we have received an explanation that way. Perhaps he is busy with other important things.”

Downing Street spokesperson did not comment.

But Younus was an audience with King Charles at the Buckingham Palace and met the Trade Secretary Jonathan Reynolds in Parliament.

In a post on X, Rynongs said that he discussed “our shared ambitions for economic development, employment generation and prosperity”.

Some anti-Anti-Protesters of the Bangladeshi community in Britain gathered at Parliament Square during their visit.

Yunus said that the interim government of Bangladesh had hired lawyers to try to recover any allegedly stolen funds from the UK.

He said that the UK government was “extremely helpful” of this effort.

“I have a lot of praise for the speed with which they are treating the whole subject,” Yunus said.

The BBC understands that the International Anti -Corruption Coordination Center (IACCC) is searching for opportunities to assist the opportunities of Bangladesh’s interim government and its law enforcement agencies in its efforts to investigate allegations of corruption under Hasina’s rule.

The IACC is hosted by the National Crime Agency in London.

A NCA spokesperson said: “NCA regularly does not comment on the nature of international assistance, nor confirm or deny whether the agency has opened the investigation or is supporting a partner’s investigation.”