Probe to reveal if MP Azim was involved in illegal activities: Quader

Awami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has said that it will be revealed through the investigation whether the deceased MP of Jhenaidah-4 constituency, Anwarul Azim Anar, was involved in any illegal activities.

"I cannot say anything before the investigation is completed. There is no room for criminals in Awami League," he said while speaking at a meeting with the newly formed Youth and Sports Sub-committee members at the Dhaka district Awami League office in the capital's Tejgaon on Thursday afternoon.

Quader said Anwarul Azim Anar was nominated for the third time due to his popularity. The local people of his constituency are shocked at his death, he said.

He said, "Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina does not spare any wrongdoer, even if they are from the party. Her policy regarding crime is of zero tolerance."

Quader also said, "Why did this issue not come up in any investigative report by journalists in our country before his death?"

Youth and Sports sub-committee chairman Mozaffar Hossain Paltu chaired the meeting while co-chairman Harunur Rashid, member secretary and whip Mashrafe Bin Mortaza and state minister for cultural affairs Nahid Izhar Khan, among others, were present.