Arrested and jailed in an arson case last month, Gazipur City Corporation Mayor MA Mannan was taken to Dhaka yesterday for better treatment.
“He was sent to Dhaka Central Jail for better treatment around 5:15pm after we received his complaint of chest pain. From there, he will be taken to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University,” Faridur Reza Rubel, jailer of Dhaka Central Jail 1, Gazipur, said.
An adviser to the BNP chief, Mannan is also suffering from diabetes.
Detectives arrested Mannan on February 11 in a case filed over arson attack on a bus near Gazipur Palli Bidyut office on February 4 that left a number of passengers injured, Joydebpur police sources said.
Through court, Mannan was sent to Kashimpur High Security Jail the following day and then to Dhaka Central Jail 1 on February 18.