1 held for death threat to Saudi Embassy official,Bangladesh

BANGLADESH NEWS

Detectives have arrested a former official of Saudi Embassy at Rampura in the capital on charges of giving death threat to the charge d’affairs.

The arrestee, ANM Rashid Ahmmed, 57, a sacked official of the embassy, was arrested at Rampura area of the capital around 9:00pm Friday, said Masudur Rahman, deputy commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police.

Khandaker Lutful Kabir, deputy commissioner of Gulshan division, told that the DB official arrested Rashid as he gave death threat to Charge d’affairs of the Saudi Embassy Sami-Jamiul-Al-Hasan via short message service (SMS) on June 20.

Hasan who is now on leave in Saudi Arabia received the SMS that reads: "You will face death if return to Bangladesh."

An Airtel number was used to send the SMS, the Gulshan Division DC said.

Following the death threat, Jasim Uddin Sarkar, legal adviser of the embassy, filed a general diary with Gulshan Police Station and the arrest was made acting on it, the police official added.

Sources said the arrestee was sacked on corruption allegation. But it was not immediately confirmed what was the corruption charges against him and whether he gave the death threat to avenge his dismissal.