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Shafik reveals 3 names: DMP

Additional Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Monirul Islam said, senior journalist and presenter Shafik Rehman has disclosed the names of three people who were involved in a plot to abduct and kill prime minister’s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy.Shafik Rehman disclosed the names during police remand. The names could not be disclosed for the sake of investigation of the case, he said.Monirul Islam confirmed the information in a press conference at DMP media centre on Sunday noon.Shafik was placed on a fresh five-day remand in the case on Friday.The noted journalist was picked up by plainclothes men from his house in Dhaka’s Eskaton on April 16.Shafik was arrested on the charge of plotting to abduct and murder Joy. Joy is also a prime ministerial adviser for ICT affairs.