Staff Reporter:
A Dhaka court yesterday sent Mian Zahidul Islam Arefy, a self-proclaimed adviser of US President Joe Biden, to jail.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Ali Haider passed the order as police produced Arefy before the court and pleaded to keep him behind the bars till the probe ends.
A Gopalganj resident named Mohiuddin Shikder filed the case against Arefy, BNP leader Ishraque Hoss-ain and Lt Gen (retd) Hasan Sohrawardi, on October 29 with Paltan Model Police Station.
Arefy was seen talking to newsmen sitting beside BNP leader Ishraque Hossain at the party’s Nayapaltan central office late Saturday at a press briefing.
The man was heard saying that he was in constant touch with Biden being a “member of the national democratic committee” and assured the opposition of US President’s support to ensure regime change in Bangladesh.
