Dhaka, Nov 7 — The government did not influence law enforcers to arrest BNP's Narsingdi unit chief Khairul Kabir Khokon following the murder of city mayor Lokman Hossain, the home minister has said.
"The government is being blamed wrongly. Who will be arrested and who will be not, it's up to the investigation officers," Shahara Khatun told reporters at her office on Wednesday.
She, however, said the government did direct the law enforcers to initiate action.
"The people responsible for the incident will not be spared, no matter which party they belong to," she added.
Earlier, Khokon was shown arrested in two cases filed over torching a train and vandalising the dak bungalow. He was detained within hours of Lokman Hossain's assassination.
The 43-year-old mayor was shot dead by masked gunmen in front of the local Awami League office in the night of Nov 1. Soon after, Narsingdi police picked up Khokon from his residence in the capital's Khilgaon area.
BNP has been condemning the government for detaining Khokon, who was not named in the murder case filed by Lokman's brother Kamruzzaman on Nov 3.
The case was, instead, filed against telecommunication minister Rajiuddin Ahmed Raju's brother Salahuddin Ahmed Bachchu and 13 others, mostly ruling Awami League members.
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