Provide proper treatment to Khaleda Zia: HC

Staff Correspondent: The High Court (HC) directed the government to provide proper treatment to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia as per the recommendations made by the medical board.

The HC bench of Justice Sheikh Hassan Arif and Justice Razik-Al-Jalil passed the order on Monday.

The HC order came after disposing of a writ petition filed by Khaleda Zia challenging the government decision to take her back to jail from Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU).

Earlier on November 11, the BNP chief submitted the writ petition seeking an HC order on the government to send her to a specialised hospital.

Khaleda Zia was admitted to BSMMU on October 6 following an earlier HC directive and taken back to jail on November 8. She was directly produced before a special court in old central jail in Niko graft case.

Khaleda was sent to the old central jail on February 8 after a special court sentenced her to five years' rigorous imprisonment in Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case.


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