A Dhaka court placed journalist Shafik Rehman on fresh 5-day remand in a case filed over an alleged plot to kidnap and kill prime minister’s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy.

Today April 22, 2016 at 03:00 pm the court declared 2nd time 5 day  remand for Shafiq Rehman.

Police claimed that lots of relevant documents are found and captured from him.

Earlier in April 16, 2016 a Dhaka court y placed him on a five-day remand in a case for alleged attempts to abduct and murder prime minister's son Sajeeb Wazed Joy, hours after detectives arrested him from his house in the capital.

Metropolitan Magistrate Muhammad Mazharul Islam passed the order after Assistant Police Superintendent of Detective Branch of police Hasan Arafat produced the pro-BNP intellectual before the court, seeking seven days' remand for interrogating him.

The court rejected the bail plea filed by the counsel for Rehman, 80, editor of vernacular weekly Mouchake Dhil.

The BNP blasted the government for the arrest and demanded his immediate release.

Taleya Rehman, Shafik Rehman's wife, said her husband also held British citizenship and the British High Commission in Dhaka was aware of his arrest.

The High Commission will look into if it can offer any legal assistance under British citizenship law, she told The Daily Star.

The veteran journalist had been acting as convener of the international affairs sub-committee of the BNP's sixth national council held recently in the city.