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Jail authorities cancel Khaleda’s relative visit

MNA National Desk: The jail authorities have cancelled a planned meeting of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia with her family members citing illness, reported news agency.

Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says they are worried about her health.

Khaleda’s sister Selina Islam, son Tarique Rahman’s mother-in-law Iqbal Mand Banu and Tarique’s sister-in-law Shahina Khan Zaman Bindu, and several other relatives went to visit her at the old jailhouse on Nazimuddin Road in Dhaka on Friday afternoon.

Mirza Fakhrul said they had permission to visit her, but the jail authorities did not allow them to see her.

He said the authorities told Khaleda’s relatives that she was “unable to come downstairs”.

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