The High Court yesterday directed the authorities to provide proper treatment to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia as per the recommendations of a medical board formed for her treatment. Justice Sheikh Hassan Arif and Justice Razik Al Jalil passed the order upon a writ petition challenging the government's decision to send the BNP chief back to jail from Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Hospital (BSMMU) and seeking her hospitalization again.
Additional Attorney General Murad Reza said following the HC order the jail authorities will send Khaleda Zia to the BSMMU if recommended by the medical board. Besides, the medical board can talk to the BNP chief in jail about her treatment, he added. Barrister Nowshad Jamir filed the writ petition on November 11.
The former prime minister has been in the erstwhile Dhaka Central Jail at Nazimuddin Road since she was sentenced to five years' imprisonment in the Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case on February 8. On October 6, Khaleda Zia was admitted to the BSMMU for her better treatment in response to a court order. On November 8, she was discharged from the BSMMU upon approval from the medical board formed for her treatment and produced before a makeshift court at old Central Jail in Niko graft case.
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