Police claims Shafik confesses meeting with conspirators, FBI

Dhaka Metropolitan Police additional commissioner MonirulAlam on Tuesday said detained journalist Shafik Rehman has confessed of having meeting with conspirators against SajeebWazed Joy and agents of Federal Bureau of Investigation in the US.
Monirul said Shafik has confessed to interrogators in remand that he had meeting with conspirator Rizve Ahmed Caesar, two FBI agents and another Bangladeshi expatriate in the US in 2012.
Monirul also said detective branch also conducted a drive at Shafik’s home at Eskaton in Dhaka and found some documents related to the conspiracy and looking for some more.
He said acting Amar Desh editor MahmudurRahman was also involved with the conspiracy and he used to exchange information with the conspirators from Dhaka.
Responding to a question,Monirul said they were probing whether the conspirators had any link with BNP’s senior vice-chairman TariqueRahman who is now staying in London.
Meanwhile, Shafik’s private secretary Haripada Das said a group of detective branch people came to Shafik’s house and conducted raid for more than an hour and took away some documents.

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