A Shillong court yesterday sent BNP Joint Secretary General Salahuddin Ahmed to jail for 14 days in a case filed for illegal intrusion in India under the Foreigners Act.
Magistrate KNL Nombary passed the order after a short hearing in the case and also asked the Shillong police authorities to complete Salahuddin’s medical check-up before sending him to jail.
Earlier on Tuesday, the BNP leader was discharged from the specialised hospital North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (Neigrihms).
During the hearing, Meghalaya police did not ask the court for permission to remand him in their custody.
The BNP joint secretary general was brought to the court earlier in the day amid tight security.
BNP Joint Secretary General Salahuddin Ahmed was discharged from Neigrihms in Shillong on Tuesday, six days after he was admitted there.
The spokesperson of the BNP has been receiving treatment under police custody since he reappeared in Shillong on May 11 after going missing in Bangladesh for two months.
Later, he was admitted to Shillong Civil Hospital in Meghalaya.
On May 20, the BNP leader was shifted to Neigrihms for better treatment.
His wife, Hasina Ahmed, wants to take him to Singapore for treatment and says she is confident the Indian court would grant him bail on medical grounds.
She says they are worried that India might hand him over to Bangladesh considering the Interpol red notice on him.