BNP leader\\\'s son gets jail term

A US court has sentenced a Bangladesh national to three and a half years in prison for bribing an FBI special agent to collect information about a prominent opposition leader in Bangladesh, reports bdnew24.com.

Rizve Ahmed Caesar (36), son of Mohammad Ullah Mamun, vice-president of BNP's cultural wing JASAS, was sentenced by US District Judge Vincent L Briccetti of the Southern District of New York on Wednesday.

A Connecticut-resident, Caesar, had earlier pleaded guilty to bribing Special Agent Robert Lustyik for confidential documents and secret information of US law enforcing agencies in between September 2011 through March 2012.

He requested the confidential information to help him locate and harm his political rival and others associated with the intended victim, a US Justice Department statement said.