Mahmudur Rahman, a longtime opponent of deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, had been convicted in a controversial trial for an alleged plot to kidnap his son Joy. “False accusations in a mock trial,” denounces the defense. He returned to Bangladesh from Türkiye and was released on bail.
Dhaka () – On September 29, Mahmudur Rahman, 71, former editor of the newspaper, returned to Bangladesh Dainik Amar Deshwho spent recent years in exile in Turkey after being implicated and convicted in absentia in a conspiracy case to kidnap and murder former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s son, Sajeeb Wazed Joy, her computer consultant.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Assamach granted him bail today after a court hearing. Rahman’s defense lawyer, Tanveer Ahmed, confirmed that all necessary preparations have been made to appeal last year’s verdict based on what the defense calls “false, fabricated and baseless allegations that were raised in a sham trial.” “. He added that the appeal will be formally presented today.
The alleged conspiracy – which according to the prosecution took place between 2011 and 2015, of which the journalist was the instigator – involved several high-level leaders of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and connected organizations in Bangladesh, United States. and the United Kingdom. The case was filed by Inspector Fazlur Rahman in August 2015 at Paltan Model Police Station in Dhaka. On February 19, 2018, the police filed charges against five people based on twelve testimonies, including that of Joy himself.
Arriving back at Dhaka’s Shahjalal International Airport, Rahman declared: “For the last 16 years I have been fighting this regime on a personal level, and the political parties have fought their battles in their own way.”
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