The US has expressed concerns over a plot to abduct Sajeeb Ahmed Wazed Joy, son of Bangladesh Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina, expatriate Awami League (AL) leaders claim, reports bdnews24.com.
Several leaders of the party's US unit met senior officers Christopher Elms and Gilbert Morton of the State Department's Bangladesh desk on Friday in Washington.
US AL president Siddiqur Rahman later told the news agency that the State Department had 'expressed deep concerns' over the conspiracy to abduct Joy.
"Two officials told us that the US was monitoring the situation closely," he said.
A US court earlier this month sentenced BNP leader's son Rizve Ahmed alias Caesar to three and a half years in prison for bribing a FBI special agent for information on Joy.
Joy, also an adviser to the PM, later accused top BNP leaders of conspiring to 'abduct and kill' him and said he had provided a 'victim statement' in a US court.
According to court documents, Ceaser wanted to 'kidnap and physically harm' Joy and his family living in Virginia.
He also sought to obtain and publish the confidential information to damage Joy's reputation.
Caeser provided the confidential and sensitive information to 'a Bangladeshi journalist, a political ally and a private investigator and obtained approximately $30,000 in return'.
US concerned over plot to abduct Joy
FE Team | Published: March 15, 2015 00:00:00 | Updated: November 30, 2026 06:01:00
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