A UK-based news publication has reported that a senior aide to BNP’s Tarique Rahman sent them a fake statement of the US House Committee on Foreign Affairs and five Congress members condemning Bangladesh government's action on the media and politicians.

Referring to reports run by a section of newspapers in Bangladesh and the UK edition of International Business Times, the House Committee on Foreign Affairs trashed media reports on Thursday.

While updating the report Friday, IBTimes identified Tarique’s senior aide as one Humaiun Kobir.

“IBTimes UK ran the fraudulent release (on 8 January) after being sent the document (found below) from a senior aide to Tarique Rahman, the senior vice chairman of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP),” reads the report updated on Friday.

The BNP launched an investigation after the House body said in its statement that neither the committee nor the Congress members issued any such statement on Bangladesh politics, Kobir told IBTimes UK.

Kobir said the episode was "embarrassing" but did not comment further on the matter, citing the ongoing investigation, according to the IBTimes report.

IBTimes UK contacted the House Foreign Affairs Committee for further comment but was referred to the group's official statement.

In their statement, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee Ed Royce, and Committee's Ranking Member Eliot Engel said the press report on the political situation in Bangladesh is based on false statement by US Congressmen.

“Certain press reports in Bangladeshi media outlets dated January 7 regarding the political situation in Bangladesh are based upon a fraudulent statement attributed to the US House Foreign Affairs Committee and certain Members of Congress, including Committee Chairman Ed Royce, Ranking Member Eliot Engel, Steve Chabot, Joseph Crowley, George Holding and Grace Meng,” it read.

“Though the committee and many members of Congress continue to monitor the political situation in Bangladesh, the Committee did not – and the Members did not -- issue any such statement.”

It is unacceptable that any party would seek to use a fraudulent press statement from the US Congress to advance their political goals, added the statement.