DHAKA: Awami League general secretary and also Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said that police conducted the raid at BNP Chief Khaleda Zia’s office on the basis of intelligence information.

Quader made the claim at a program organized with AL district unit leaders at party’s Dhanmandi office on Sunday (May 21).

He said, “I have talked with Home Minister and Inspector General of Police (IGP) about the sudden raid at Khaleda’s office. They have said that the drive was carried out based on intelligence information.”

After the raid, BNP leaders including party’s secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir denounced the move and demanded resignation of Home Minister. Terming the incident ‘illegal’, Fakhrul also said that the raid proved ‘absence of democracy’ in the country.

In response to Fakhrul’s speech, Quader said, “Awami League office was repeatedly attacked and AL leaders and activists were tortured during the time when BNP was in power. Have they forgotten about it? When was democracy then?”

BDST: 1745 HRS, MAY 21, 2017
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