DHAKA: BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir termed party senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman’s punishment for money embezzlement as vindictive action of the incumbent government.

Mirza Fakhrul expressed the agitation in a statement signed by BNP assistant officer secretary Asadul Karim Shahin on Thursday (July 21).

The ruling AL-led government used Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to fulfill their will for punishing the BNP senior vice-chairman in money embezzlement case, he alleged.

The senior BNP leader also alleged that the ruling party is using the state power to vanish BNP.

He also condemned the arrest of 13 BNP leaders including assistant office secretary Saiful Islam Tipu and demanded their immediate release.

BDST: 1702 HRS, JUL 21, 2016
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