Gazipur: A case was filed with Senior Judicial Magistrate Court here on Thursday against the son of a BNP leader on charge of posting a status on Facebook threatening the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina with death.  

Public Prosecutor (PP) M Shahjahan of Gazipur said Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal filed the case with the court of Shahidul Islam.  

According to the case statement, Irad Ahmed Siddique, son of former BNP standing committee member Chowdhury Tanveer Ahmed Siddique, updated his Facebook status saying, “It is not possible to bring back democracy and balance of power in Bangladesh without assassinating Sheikh Hasina”.  

The court asked the Joydebpur Police Station officer-in-charge to record the case.