MPs think they may have been targets of ‘disinformation’ over Bangladesh inquiry

Bangladesh’s central bank governor, Ahsan Mansur, is seeking help from the UK government to track down billions of dollars in assets allegedly stolen by the Hasina regime. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty

British MPs believe they may have been targeted by a “disinformation” campaign aimed at discrediting the man leading efforts to trace funds allegedly laundered from Bangladesh into the UK.

MPs raised the alarm after receiving emails about Ahsan Mansur, who was installed as the central bank governor of Bangladesh last year, after a student-led revolution swept away the autocratic government of Sheikh Hasina.