Law Minister Anisul Huq has said the government has no link to the National Board of Revenue and the Anti-Corruption Commission prosecuting Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus.

He faced questions from reporters about the matter at Akhaura Railway Station in Brahmanbaria on Friday amid the United Nations’ concerns over the cases against the microcredit pioneer.

"The National Board of Revenue and the independent Anti-Corruption Commission filed the cases against Yunus. The government had no hand in it," Anisul claimed.

The minister boarded the Mahanagar Provati Express train to visit his home town in Kasba Upazila. Local journalists and politicians met him at the station after he got off.

Anisul also tried to undermine the BNP’s antigovernment protests.

Citizens of Bangladesh are more focused on the government's ongoing development work than opposition protests or criticisms, the law minister said.

"This is a democratic country. And the people have actively voted during the elections. The opposition party keeps talking about their movement against the government. Let them keep trying."