Arrest warrant against Shafik Rehman withdrawn

A Dhaka court on Monday withdrew the arrest warrant issued against veteran journalist Shafik Rehman in a case lodged for plotting to abduct and murder ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina's son Sajeeb Wazed Joy in the USA in 2015, reports BSS.

Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Mahbubul Haque passed the order as Rehman surrendered before the court and pleaded to withdraw the warrant against him for filing an appeal against his conviction in the case.

"On September 22, the home ministry suspended Rehman's sentence for a year on the condition of surrendering before the lower court and filing an appeal against his conviction," defence counsel Syed Joynul Abedin Mejbah said.

The court of the then Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Asaduzzaman Nur on August 17, 2023, convicted and sentenced five people, including Shafik Rehman.