Tarique used to take Tk 10m from Shamim per month: Hasan

Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud claimed on Tuesday GK Shamim used to give BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman Tk 10 million every month, report agencies.

"There're reports in online portals that GK Shamim used to give Tarique Rahman Tk 10 million per month. He also used to give money to many other BNP leaders. That means those who started the casino culture used to take monthly payments," he said while talking to reporters at Rajshahi Circuit House.

The minister alleged BNP leaders Sadeque Hossain Khoka, Mirza Abbas and Mosaddek Hossain Falu started the casino culture during the BNP regime.

Political Adviser to the Prime Minister HT Imam said most of the wrongdoers, whose names have appeared in the media in connection with casino business, infiltrated into Awami League from BNP and its associate bodies.