Nagorik Oikya Convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna was taken back to Dhaka Central Jail yesterday after his release from Dhaka Medical College Hospital around 1pm.
“Manna is now quite well, has no chest pain and his blood pressure is also under control,” said Prof Dr Abdul Wadud Chowdhury, chief of the DMCH Cardiology Department.
“We have presented his health report to the six-member medical board and as per the decision of the board we discharged him,” said Prof Wadud yesterday.
During his second-phase remand when he felt pain in his chest he was admitted to DMCH on March 10 around 11pm.
DMCH police camp in charge sub-inspector Sentu Chandra Das said, Razarbagh police took Manna back to Dhaka Central Jail.
Since his admission Manna had been undergoing treatment at the Coronary Care Unit of the DMCH.
Meanwhile, Manna’s family yesterday at a press conference in the capital’s Nagorik Oyikko office expressed concern over Manna’s health.
His wife Meher Nigar said: “Manna’s admission to the DMCH’s CCU showed that how much he was tortured during the police remand. We fear he might die and hence we demand his bail.”
She alleged that she was not allowed to meet her husband and provide him with medicine during the remand period.
Manna has three heart blockages. His condition may worsen if he is kept in jail and tortured, she said.
Manna was arrested by RAB members on February 24 following a leaked conversation between Manna, BNP leader Sadeque Hossain Khoka and an unknown expatriate.
He was shown arrested in a case filed with Gulshan police station for instigating the Army to takeover power and placed on a remand for 10 days on February 25.
Later, on March 5, a separate sedition case was filed with Gulshan police against Manna and Khoka.
Manna was once again placed on remand on March 7. However, within three days of Manna’s second-phase remand, he got sick and was admitted to the DMCH on March 10.
Asked about it, Mahfuzul Islam, addition deputy commissioner of DB police, said: “We have appealed to the court to uphold its previous remand order.”
