Overview
- The Times published copies of a 2001 passport and a 2011 national identity card for the Labour MP, along with database entries showing a 2011 renewal request and a voter registration number.
- Bangladesh’s Anti‑Corruption Commission chair Muhammad Abdul Momen, Election Commission secretary Akhtar Ahmed and a passport department official said the records are genuine and present in government systems.
- The records list a permanent address at a Dhaka home owned by her aunt, former prime minister Sheikh Hasina.
- Siddiq’s legal team says the materials are fabricated and part of a politically motivated smear, asserting she has not held a Bangladeshi passport or national ID since childhood.
- Prosecutors are trying Siddiq in absentia over allegations she influenced land allocations for relatives, which she denies; election officials say her national ID account was locked in February.