Shafik Rehman gets bail in Joy abduction plot case

A Dhaka court has granted bail to veteran journalist Shafik Rehman in a case lodged for allegedly plotting to abduct and murder ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina's son Sajeeb Wazed Joy in the USA in 2015, reports BSS.
Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Zakir Hossain passed the order on Thursday, allowing bail to Rehman on condition of filing appeal in the case.
A discharge petition was also filed for Shafik Rehman at the time. The court accepted the petition and said it would hear the plea later.
Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Mahbubul Haque on September 30 withdrew the arrest warrant issued against Shafik Rehman as he surrendered before the court.
Home ministry on September 22 suspended Rehman's sentence for a year on the condition of surrendering before the lower court and filing an appeal against his conviction.
Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Asaduzzaman Nur on August 17, 2023, convicted and sentenced five people including Shafik Rehman and daily Amar Desh Editor Mahmudur Rahman to seven-year imprisonment in the case.