Khaleda in jail again after check-up at BSMMU

Nearly two months after she was sent to Old Dhaka Central Jail, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia came out of it for the first time on Saturday and underwent some medical tests at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) for her illness, reports UNB.

A black Pajero jeep carrying Khaleda left the central jail around 11:20am and reached the BSMMU 10 minutes later amid tight security.

The 73-year-old BNP chief, clad in an off-white Jamdani sari with black print, got down the vehicle in front of BSMMU's Cabin Block around 11:35am.

She was offered a wheelchair to go to the Cabin Block on the 4th floor of the hospital but she refused. She then walked to the lift and went to room No 512 for check-up.

A few minutes later, BSMMU director Abdullah-Al-Harun came down to the ground floor and called the names of four doctors -- Dr Wahidur Rahman, Dr Mamun, Dr FM Siddique and Dr M Ali -- through a loudspeaker requesting them to go to the 4th floor.

They all but M Ali then went to the cabin number 512 where Khaleda was staying for her health check-up. Of them, Dr Mamun is the BNP chief's personal physician.

The doctors talked to Khaleda and examined her health condition.

Later, she was taken to the BSMMU's Radiology and Imaging department on the ground floor of a building opposite to the Cabin Block where X-ray on her knee and two hands were conducted. The BNP chief went there on foot as well.

Just after completion of her tests, Khaleda's late son Arafat Rahman Koko's wife Sharmila Rahman Sithi along with her two daughters -- Zafiya Rahman and Zahiya Rahman -- met Khaleda for a while. They got the chance just to exchange greetings with her.

Later, she walked to her vehicle to go back to the jail from the BSMMU.

The jeep carrying Khaleda escorted by huge law enforcers left the BSMMU around 1.33pm and reached the jail around 1:46pm.