Salahuddin again shifted to hospital
The authorities of Shillong jail on Wednesday sent BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed to a specialised hospital for medical checks again after he reported some health complications.
Hours before sending him to the hospital, Chief Judicial Magistrate KML Nongbri of Shillong District and Sessions Judge Court ordered jail authorities to put Salahuddin in judicial custody for 14 days.
Earlier in the day, Salahuddin was produced before the court after doctors declared his condition stable the day before.
Salahuddin's party colleague, who is now in Shillong, told The Daily Star over the phone that the jail authorities rushed him to North East Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (Neigrihms) on Wednesday night after he felt chest pain.
Salahuddin is undergoing treatment at the emergency department of the hospital, Subrata Acharjee, India bureau chief of Somoy Television, told The Daily Star yesterday.
Subrata said a hearing would also be held at Shillong court today regarding his bail petition for taking him abroad for better treatment.
“Salahuddin will remain at the hospital and will be produced before the court once doctors declare him okay,” a police inspector told Subrata at the Shillong court, quoting from the court order.
“Police did not seek remand on Wednesday for Salahuddin considering his heath condition and political identity,” Subrata quoted a senior Shillong police official, who did not want to be named, as saying.
Prof AC Phukan, medical superintendent at the hospital, told Subrata, “Salahuddin has been kept under close observation at the emergency VIP cabin after his readmission to the hospital last night.”
“After examining all the medical tests, we will take a decision on where he would be sent from the emergency department,” the physician added.
The BNP joint secretary was picked up from a house in the city's Uttara on March 10 allegedly by unidentified men who introduced themselves as detectives.
After remaining missing for around two months, Salahuddin was found in Shillong, the capital of northeastern Indian state of Meghalaya on May 11. He was arrested for entering India without any valid documents.
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