One Direction star Zayn Malik reportedly had one of his bags stolen while at an airport in Peru earlier this year.

According to Digital Spy, the Steal My Girl singer's bag was obtained by two fans, who recently started sharing snaps of its contents on Twitter.

[related]The photos showed Malik's clothing, some drawings and a menu from a hotel he had stayed at.

However, fellow Directioners took to the social-networking site to express their upset at Zayn's breach of privacy, with the hashtag #ZaynDeservesPrivacy soon trending on Twitter.

One fan wrote: "Stealing or 'finding' Zayn's bag is one thing. But taking pics of his belongings and spreading them around is a new low."

The two Directioners have since denied stealing Malik's bag, instead telling one fansite they found it after it was misplaced by 1D's hair stylist, Lou Teasdale.

They added that it was too late to reunite the You & I hitmaker with his luggage.

The incident, which occurred during the boys' Where We Are world tour, is said to have prompted Zayn to tweet "F**k!!" after finding out his bag had been swiped.