Shawdesh Desk:

Law, justice and parliamentary affairs minister Anisul Huq on Sunday said that BNP leaders were being arrested for their involvement in criminal activities, not for political reasons.

He made the remark while talking to reporters at the Secretariat.

‘They were not arrested for political reasons. They were arrested for their involvement in criminal activities. It has nothing to do with politics,’ he said.

Earlier, the law minister held a meeting with Inspector General of Police (IGP) Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun.

Almost a dozen leaders of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) including Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, Standing Committee Member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury and Mirza Abbas, the party’s vice chairman Barrister Shahjahan Omar were arrested since the political violence on October 28 that killed police official and a political activist.