Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's Political Affairs Advisor HT Imam on Sunday said those, who have been arrested for running casinos in the ongoing drives, are BNP and Jamaat-Shibir intruders in Awami League (AL).

“The arrestees in the ongoing anti-casino drives once belonged to Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and its youth wing Jubo Dal, Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir,” he claimed.

HT Imam made the claims at a press conference at AL president Sheikh Hasina’s political office in the capital’s Dhanmondi area.