The government will consider releasing BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on parole if she files an application and cites specific reasons, said Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan.
“We haven't received any request for parole so far,” he told reporters after inaugurating a naval police station at Chikajani in Dewanganj upazila of Jamalpur Saturday.
Parole is a conditional release of an inmate before the completion of the sentence, reports UNB.
Khaleda, a former prime minister, has been in jail since February 8 last year when she was convicted of corruption. She was later found guilty in another corruption case later.
Khaleda was shifted to 5the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) on April 1. BSMMU Director Brig Gen Dr AK Mahbubul Hoque said she had been suffering from severe pain in the joints of her hands and legs.
He said Khaleda was very weak as she could not take food or sleep well. Her sugar level was also high.
But on Thursday, Hoque said Khaleda's condition had improved significantly and she was taking medicines prescribed by the five-member medical board formed by the government.