Nagorik Oikya convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna was taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Tuesday night as he fell sick in police custody.
Inspector Mozammel Haque, in-charge of DMCH police camp, said a team of Detective Branch (DB) of police took Manna to the hospital around 10:55pm after he complained of chest pain.
Dr Tawsif, Indoor Medical Officer (IMO) of the DMCH, told reporters that Manna was kept at Coronary Care Unit (CCU) at the DMCH under close observation.
He, however, said the decision about his admission to the hospital will be taken once the reports of some of his tests will be in hand.
On February 24, plainclothes police picked Manna up from a Banani house in the city and the Rapid Acton Battalion (Rab) confirmed Manna’ s arrest and handed him over to the Gulshan Police Station the following day.
On February 25, a Dhaka court placed him on a 10-day police remand in the sedition case involving the army filed against him with Gulshan Police Station.
On expiry of the 10-day remand, another Dhaka court on March 7 placed Manna on a fresh 10-day remand in the sedition case.
Two audio clips of the conversations purportedly between Manna and BNP leader Khoka were leaked on February 22. In the conversations, Manna reportedly provoked the BNP leader to unleash a bloody clash on the Dhaka University campus.
