Fakhrul taken to hospital

BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir was admitted to a city hospital yesterday complying with a recent High Court order.

Around 2:00pm, Fakhrul was taken to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) from Kashimpur jail by an ambulance. He was admitted to the hospital's prison ward, Sayrul Kabir Khan, a staff of BNP chairperson's media wing, told The Daily Star.

On June 9, an HC bench directed the jail authorities to immediately admit Fakhrul, who is facing around 79 cases, to the BSMMU following a writ petition by his wife.

On May 5, the jail authorities had sent the BNP leader to the hospital following doctors' advice as he has been suffering from various ailments.

The hospital subsequently formed a six-member medical board to treat Fakhrul. But he was sent back to Kashimpur jail in Gazipur the same day as the board found the BNP leader was in a 'stable' condition.

Later, Fakhrul's wife Rahat Ara Begum filed the writ petition with the HC seeking its directives on the prison authorities to admit her husband to BSMMU or Birdem hospital for proper treatment.