Abrar Hussain of DOT
The BNP has alleged the government of trying to prevent party Chairperson Khaleda Zia from meeting her relatives while she is in prison.
The jail authority has not permitted any of the relatives of Khaleda Zia to meet her in jail in the past three weeks, according to a statement made by BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi at a media briefing yesterday, reports BDnews.
“The prison authority has not paid any heed to the repeated appeals from the chairperson’s personal secretary, relatives and senior leaders of the party. According to the jail code, relatives can meet the inmates every 7 days, but for our leader, they changed it to every 15 days. The jail authority is not even following that rule due to the instructions of the government.”
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has been ‘deprived of’ her legal rights as an inmate, complained Rizvi.
“What does this cruelty suggest? They are plotting to sever any connection between Khaleda Zia and the outside world by dumping her inside those four walls.”
“It is severe mental torture to bar someone from meeting their loved ones. It isn’t just her family who are worried, but also the people of the country.”