Dhaka: Police will seek a seven-day fresh custody for questioning journalist Shafik Rehman, former editor of Bangla daily Jaijaidin, in a case filed in connection with plotting to ‘abduct and kill’ Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s son and her ICT adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy.

Detective Branch (DB) assistant superintend of police Hasan Arafat said they will produce Shafik Rehman before the court in the afternoon on completion of his five-day custody in the case and will seek seven-day custody for further interrogation.

Earlier, on 16 April, Judge Muhammad Mazharul Islam of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate court placed Shafik Rehman on the five-day police custody in the case.

Detectives arrested journalist Shafik Rehman from his Eskaton Garden residence in the city on 16 April.

 Shafik Rehman, in his early 80s, was shown arrested in a criminal conspiracy case filed with Paltan Police Station on 03 August, 2015 in connection with attempting to abduct and kill Joy.