Home secretary, IG prison in charge for Khaleda’s treatment

Senior Correspondent: Home secretary and Inspector General of Prisons (IGP) have been given the charge to enquire about treatment for BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia who is now in jail, said Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal.

The Home Minister told reporters after a meeting with BNP leaders at his secretariat office on Sunday.

Asaduzzaman said, “Home secretary and Inspector General of Prisons (IGP) have been given the charge to enquire about treatment for BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia. A medical board will be formed to check up on her.”

Responding to a query, the home boss said the medical board will be formed immediately but he did not mention any specific date to form the board.

Earlier around 3:00pm, a seven-member delegation of BNP met Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan to discuss party Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s health condition and her treatment.

The BNP leaders requested the Home Minister to send her to United Hospital in Dhaka for treatment during the meeting.

The delegation, led by its Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, met the minister around 3:00 pm at his secretariat office as per the schedule given by the home minister.

Khaleda Zia has been serving in jail since February 8 this year after a Dhaka court convicted and sentenced her to five years’ imprisonment in Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case.


risingbd/Dhaka/Sept 9, 2018/Noimuddin/AI