Babar brought to Kashimpur Jail

Staff Correspondent: Former state minister for home Lutfozzaman Babar has been taken to Kashimpur Jail in Gazipur after the medical checkup at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH).

He was taken to the jail around 11:45 am on Saturday. Earlier, around 9:45 am, he was to DMCH`s outpatient department with high securities.

Subrata Kumar Bala, jail super of Kashimpur Jail-1, said BNP leader Lutfozzaman Babar was sent to DMCH as he fell sick suddenly.

Earlier, he was taken to DMCH on October 21 for his illness.

Babar has been suffering from various diseases including severe Asthma, Spinal pain, Gastroenteritis and Hypertension, according to medical reports.

On September 13, the tribunal framed 32 people including Babar in the murder case of the Awami League leader.

The then opposition lawmaker and Awami League leader Kibria and four others were killed in a grenade attack on a rally in Habiganj on January 27, 2005.

Babar is also a death row convict in Chittagong arms haul case filed for smuggling in 10 truckloads of firearms in 2004.

risingbd/Dhaka/Nov 28, 2015/Sajeeb/A K Azad