“The Awami League is embarrassed at the unethical activities of Shamima Nur Papiya but drives to root out weeds have been started at the Prime Minister’s directives,” he said.
He made the remarks while talking to journalists after inaugurating Darshana Police Station in Damurhuda upazila in Chuadanga.
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested Papia, 28, her husband Mofizur Rahman alias Sumon Chowdhury alias Moti Sumon, 38, and their two associates – Sabbir Khandaker, 29, and Sheikh Tayiba, 22 – from Dhaka airport on February 22 while they were trying to flee the country.
The following day, the elite force raided the two city houses of Papia and her rented presidential suite at a five-star hotel, and seized Tk 58.41 lakh in cash, seven passports, around Tk 2.12 lakh in cash and huge fake currencies.