Obaidul Quader’s brother alleges conspiracy against him

Abdul Quader Mirza, the younger brother of Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader, has alleged that his elder brother, and Road Transport and Bridges Minister, Obaidul Quader is conspiring against him to keep his mouth shut.

Mirza, also the mayor of Basurhat municipality of Noakhali, raised the allegations at a press briefing at the National Press Club in Dhaka on Sunday.

"Mr Obaidul Quader is conspiring against me to keep my mouth shut,” told his younger brother Mirza. 

He said: “There is a man named Russell, who lives in Dhaka, who threatened me using my brother’s name. I have been threatened by various government agencies too not to hold this press conference.”