Shafiq Rehman surrendered to the court
September 30, 20242 Mins Read
Jumba Bangla Desk: Journalist Shafiq Rehman, convicted in the case of kidnapping and attempted murder of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's son Sajib Wazed Joy, has surrendered to the court on the condition of filing an appeal against the sentence.

He came to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court of Dhaka on Monday (September 30) around 10:30 am. Meanwhile, Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate of Dhaka. Mahbubul Haq surrendered through his lawyer. A hearing will be held shortly.

It is known that the court of Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Asaduzzaman Noor of Dhaka on August 17 last year in the case of kidnapping and attempted murder of Sajib Wazed Joy, sentenced five people, including acting editor of Amar Desh Patrika Mahmudur Rahman and journalist Shafiq Rehman, to seven years of rigorous imprisonment.

The other three convicts who were convicted are Jasa leader Mohammad Ullah, Rizvi Ahmed Caesar and Mizanur Rahman Bhuiya.

The court sentenced the accused to five years imprisonment and a fine of five thousand rupees under section 365 (kidnapping) of the Penal Code. If they do not pay the fine, they will have to serve one more month in jail. Apart from this, the court sentenced him to imprisonment for two years and a fine of five thousand rupees under Section 120-B (Criminal Conspiracy) in the same Act. The judge mentioned in the verdict that the two sentences will run together.

According to the complaint of the case, from any time before September 2011 until now, the vice-president of BNP's cultural organization Jasas, Mohammad Ullah Mamun, along with the high-level leaders of BNP and other parties in the alliance led by BNP, have been gathered in Jasa's office in Paltan in the capital, New York City of America, the accused from different areas of United Kingdom and Bangladesh. With the connivance of Prime Minister's son and his technical adviser Sajeeb Wazed, Jai was kidnapped and conspired to be killed in America. In that incident, DB Police Inspector Fazlur Rahman filed the case at Paltan Model Police Station as the plaintiff on August 3, 2015.

On February 19, 2018, the police filed a charge sheet against these five people in the court. 12 people including Sajib Wazed Joy gave evidence in this case.

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