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Published : 09 Mar 2015, 11:56 AM
BNP leader’s son to go to prison for bribing FBI for information on political rival
Bribe paid to FBI man for 'damaging' info on Bangladesh politician
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s son posted a status on Facebook on Sunday night, few days after a US court sentenced Rizve Ahmed, aka ‘Caesar’.
Ahmed was handed three and a half years in prison for bribing a FBI special agent for information on a prominent Bangladeshi citizen.
He is the son of Mohammad Ullah Mamun, vice-president of BNP’s cultural wing JaSaS, who stays in Connecticut’s Fairfield County.
Joy said he provided the victim statement in court on Mar 4, before Ahmed was sentenced to prison. His Facebook post provided a link to a press release issued on Mar 4 by the Justice Department.
He said he would bring those behind the conspiracy to justice ‘no matter how big a position they hold in the BNP’.
“Caesar was promised US $40,000 per month and given the first payment of US $30,000 in cash directly from very senior BNP leaders in Bangladesh. I cannot disclose their names because the investigation is ongoing. The BNP had planned to kidnap me and kill me here in the US.”
The court observed that Ahmed sought confidential law enforcement information, including a Suspicious Activity Report, about “a Bangladeshi political figure affiliated with a political party opposing Ahmed’s views.”
But various media reports claimed the person in question was Sajeeb Wazed Joy.
Awami League MPs had also raised the matter in Parliament on Sunday. They accused top leaders of archrival BNP of ‘planning to abduct Joy’.
Joy, ICT advisor to the prime minister, also lashed out at Bangladesh’s civil society and newspapers for being ‘absolutely silent’ on the matter.
“The BNP can kill and kidnap, yet they will never blame the BNP directly. They always blame both parties.”
“When someone tries to kill me, I take it very personally,” he said adding that nothing better can be expected of a party that ‘burns innocent women and children alive’.
