Police have filed charges against journalists Shafik Rehman, Mahmudur Rahman and three others over an alleged plot to abduct and kill Sajeeb Wazed Joy, son of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Hasan Arafat, senior assistant commissioner of the Detective Branch of police, submitted the chargesheet to the chief metropolitan magistrate’s court on Tuesday.
“The documents were kept at the special room of the magistrate for observation. Police received them on Thursday,” said Sub-Inspector Jalal, registration officer of court police.
The judge is due to sign the chargesheet on March 6, he said.
The five accused are Shafik Rehman, former editor of weekly magazine Jai Jai Din, Mahmudur Rahman, acting editor of Bangla daily Amar Desh, Mohammad Ullah Mamun, vice-president of Jatiyatabadi Samajik Sangskritik Sangstha, a pro-BNP organisation, his son Rizve Ahmed Caesar, and Mizanur Rahman Bhuiyan, a businessman living in the United States, reports bdnews24.
Mamun and Mizanur have been shown as fugitives in the chargesheet.