Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s son and her ICT adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy appeared and testified before a Dhaka court on Sunday, in connection with a case filed over “plot to abduct and kill” him.
Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Asaduzzaman Nur recorded his statement. Sajeeb Wazed is the 10th witness in the case. On March 3, 2015, a case was filed with Paltan Police Station in connection with attempting to abduct and kill Sajeeb Wazed.
The five accused in the case are – Jaijaidin founding editor Shafik Rehman, the daily Amar Desh acting editor Mahmudur Rahman, vice-president of BNP's cultural wing Jatiyatabadi Samajik Sangskritik Sangstha (Jasas) Mohammad Ullah Mamun, his son Rizvi Ahmed Caesar, and Bangladeshi trader living in the United States Mizanur Rahman Bhuiyan.
All of them are fugitives.
On February 22, 2018, police submitted the charge sheet against five people, including Shafik Rehman and Mahmudur Rahman, before the Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Court.
Later, a court issued a warrant for the arrest of four people on March 6, 2018, including journalist Shafik Rehman, in the case.
