Shillong police get medical test report

The authorities of Shillong Civil Hospital in the Indian state of Meghalaya yesterday handed over the medical reports of BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed to the police. 

Dr Razen, joint director at the hospital, in his report said Salahuddin had been suffering from heart and kidney diseases. It said the patient developed fresh urological symptoms, Subrata Acharya, India bureau chief of private TV station Somoy TV, told The Daily Star.

The former state minister has been receiving treatment there under police custody since May 11. His wife Hasina Ahmed wants to take him to Singapore for better treatment.

"As he is sick, I want to take him to Singapore for better treatment," Hasina Ahmed told journalists at the hospital after meeting her husband in the morning. 

Hasina told the media that they wanted to take the BNP leader to Singapore as he received treatment there for three years, reports BBC Bangla service. "He had a heart surgery. Besides, he underwent coronary artery stenting thrice. All the medical procedures were performed in Singapore."

Salahuddin also underwent treatment there for kidney problems, she added.         

Meanwhile, Hasina was planning to hire senior advocate SP Mahanta of Meghalaya High Court to defend her husband in the case filed for trespassing into India.   

On Monday, the local administration appointed lawyer IC Jha as the public prosecutor (PP) in the case. Law enforcers have supplied all the related documents to the PP.   

Police arrested Salahuddin on May 11 when he was "roaming" in Golf Link area of Shillong nearly two months after he had gone missing. He was sued under the foreigners act for not carrying valid travel documents.

Reaching Shillong on Monday, Hasina met her husband at the hospital. 

Salahuddin's family members and the BNP alleged that plainclothes law enforcers picked up the BNP joint general secretary from a house in the capital's Uttara on March 10. But the law enforcement agencies and the government refuted the allegation.  

GOVT WANTS HIM BACK HOME
State Minister for Home Asaduzzaman Khan yesterday said it would be possible for the government to bring back Salahuddin as the Indian government would hand him over to Bangladesh after completion of legal procedures. 

"He is a Bangladeshi. We always want him to come back home. It doesn't depend on us. Rather, it depends on the Indian government…. Our foreign ministry has been communicating with them," he told newsmen at his secretariat office.