Tarique going abroad next week for treatment

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Tarique Rahman, released on bail yesterday on Wednesday, might be sent either to the UK or Germany next week for his treatment.

Tarique's lawyer Barrister Nasiruddin Ashim told reporters that Tarique got his new passport yesterday and is likely to apply for visa of the UK or Germany on Sunday as the treatment he requires is better in those two countries.

"Hopefully, he (Tarique) will leave the country next week after

receiving the visa," he said.

A medical board formed on Thursday to treat Tarique Rahman at the BSMMU Hospital has advised him to take total bed rest for two days.

Dr Mazharul Islam, a member of the medical board told reporters that the four-member medical board headed by professor Sirajuddin Ahmed examined the BNP leader in the morning.

"The doctors advised two full days' rest, as Tarique complained of back pain and his blood pressure also appeared to be fluctuating," he said.

Meanwhile, Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed and some former BNP leaders including MK Anwar yesterday met him at BSMMU.

They spoke to Tarique and his doctors about his health.

Doctors later restricted visitor numbers and police security at the hospital was also scaled up.