Over 0.14m false cases filed against BNP leaders since 2007: Law minister

Law Minister Md Asaduzzaman has stated that a total of 142,983 false and harassment cases were filed against BNP leaders and activists between 2007 and January 11, 2025, citing data from the party's central office, report agencies.
He came up with the information while replying to a starred question from treasury bench lawmaker Md Abdul Mannan (Brahmanbaria-5) in parliament.
The minister said the government does not maintain any official statistics on harassment or false cases filed against leaders and activists of political parties.
"As such, there is no specific government data on cases filed only against BNP leaders and activists," he said, adding that the figure was based on information provided by the BNP central office.
He said initiatives have been taken to withdraw politically motivated cases since the current government assumed office.
He informed the House that a four-member district-level committee headed by the district magistrate was reconstituted on March 5, 2026 to review applications and recommend withdrawal of such cases after examining FIRs, charge sheets and opinions of public prosecutors.
Based on recommendations from these district committees, a six-member central committee-formed on March 8, 2026 took final decisions on case withdrawals, he added.
The minister said so far 23,865 politically motivated cases have already been withdrawn, while the process to withdraw the remaining cases is underway.
Responding to another supplementary question from Md Kamrul Hasan (Mymensingh-6), the law minister said many teachers have been victims of cases in the past, even those who died 20 years ago, were also victimised through cases.
"We have seen cases filed even against disabled persons and political leaders. We are aware of the nature of these cases," he said.
"We are continuing the process of withdrawing cases wherever possible. I would request the concerned individuals to submit applications to the respective ministries or departments."
He mentioned that the relevant departments will verify the cases that have been withdrawn and take necessary steps accordingly.