Quader visits ailing Manna at BSMMU

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader today visited Nagorik Oikya Convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU).

Quader went to the hospital around 12:00pm and took information about his health conditions, BSMMU Director (Hospital) Brig Gen Md Abdullah-Al-Harun told The Daily Star.

The minister stayed at his cabin for around 15 minutes, the director said.

Manna, also a former organising secretary of Awami League, was released on bail on December 18 after he had languished in jail for over 21 months in two cases filed on charges of sedition and inciting the army.

Plainclothesmen picked up Manna from his niece's house in Banani of Dhaka on February 24 last year. Officials said he was arrested by Rab members who handed him over to the Detective Branch of police.

Rab officials had then said Manna was arrested in a case filed with Gulshan Police Station for “trying to instigate revolt by the armed forces”. The arrest came days after his two telephone conversations were leaked.