Overview

• Two Bangladeshi courts formally indicted Tulip Siddiq among 27 defendants and began the trial in Dhaka on August 11.
• Siddiq denies any wrongdoing, says she has not received an official summons and will not attend, leaving proceedings likely to continue in absentia.
• Prosecutors accuse her of influencing her aunt to secure a 7,200 sq ft plot in the Purbachal diplomatic zone and link her to embezzlement, money laundering and a Russian nuclear deal inquiry.
• Bangladesh authorities have signalled they will try Siddiq in absentia and could seek an Interpol Red Notice if she is convicted.
• UK’s National Crime Agency has frozen roughly £90 million in London assets tied to Hasina allies, and six property companies linked to former minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury have entered administration.