Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Advocate Anisul Huq said on Sunday that the BNP leaders are being arrested for their involvement in criminal activities, not for political reasons.
Anisul Huq came up with 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," the law minister said.
Earlier, Anisul Huq 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.
