Dhaka, Sept 6 (V7N): BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi met with veteran journalist Shafik Rehman at his residence in New Eskaton, Dhaka, on Friday morning. During the visit, Rizvi engaged in discussions with Rehman and inquired about his health.

Shafik Rehman, who had been residing in the United Kingdom for six years, returned to Bangladesh on August 18, 2023. He had left the country in 2018.

On August 17, 2023, Rehman, along with Mahmudur Rahman, the acting editor of the daily Amar Desh, and three others, was sentenced to seven years in prison for involvement in a conspiracy to abduct and murder Sajeeb Wazed Joy. Each was also fined Tk5,000, with an additional one-month prison sentence in case of non-payment.

Sajeeb Wazed Joy testified in the case on November 13, 2022. The case was originally filed on August 3, 2015, by a police officer at Paltan police station. Shafik Rehman was arrested in connection with the case on April 16, 2016. He was later granted bail and subsequently left the country.

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