BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir was sent back to Kashimpur jail as physicians found his condition stable.
Fakhrul was taken to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University from Khashimpur jail around 8am yesterday.
Abdul Mazid Bhuiyan, director of the hospital, said: “A six member medical board was formed and they have diagnosed him. He does not have any serious problem right now. Doctors have suggested some tests for a routine check up.”
Earlier, Prasanta Kumar Banik, Jail Super of Kashimpur Jail 2, said: “Fakhrul was suffering from high blood pressure, diabetes and heart complications. He suddenly fell sick in the morning and later he was shifted to the hospital.”
When reporters queried if Fakhrul was advised for admission, Rafiqul Alam, head of the medical board, said: “The hospital authorities would decide whether he needs admission.”
When asked, the hospital director said as his condition was not serious he did not need admission at the hospital.
Fakhrul, who was arrested on January 6 from in front of the National Press Club, was released from the hospital around 3pm and reached in Jail around an hour later.
The BNP alleged that its leaders have been ailing again and again as they are being taken into remand repeatedly.
“All the leaders were physically sound before they were arrested...we came to know that Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir was brought to BSMMU for treatment as he fell ill. But he was sent back to jail without being admitted to the hospital which is concerning to us,” Asaduzzaman Ripon, international affairs secretary of the party, said.
Addressing a press briefing at the party's Nayapaltan headquarters, Ripon demanded humanitarian behaviour for the detained leaders.