Dhaka, Dec. 26 -- There is no allegation of militant affiliation against Bangladesh's former deputy minister Abdus Salam Pintu, who was released by the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government, lawyer of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leader Shishir Monir said on Thursday.

Pintu, the Vice Chairman of BNP was released from jail on Tuesday morning after a period of 17 years. He was arrested for alleged involvement in the massacre in August 21, 2004, targeting Awami League politicians, including Sheikh Hasina.

"Abdus Salam Pintu was charged with plotting the 21st August (2004) grenade attacks", his lawyer Shishir Monir told ANI over the phone. Pintu was sentenced to death in 2018, which was on December 1 overturned by a Bangladesh Hig...