Writ petition filed seeking better treatment for Khaleda

A writ petition was filed with the High Court on Sunday seeking its directive to allow imprisoned BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia undergoing treatment in a specialized hospital.

The HC bench of Justice Sheikh Hasan Arif and Justice Ahmed Sohel is likely to hear the petition.

Following submission of the writ petition, Khaleda Zia’s lawyer, Barrister Mahbub Uddin Khokhan said, “Khaleda Zia is in jail. She is very sick. Her left leg and hand are almost dysfunctional. In such conditions, we filed the petition to High Court seeking her proper treatment.”

On February 8 last, a special court here sentenced Khaleda to five years' rigorous imprisonment in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case. Since then she has been kept in Old Dhaka Central Jail.

/S.M