Staff Reporter :BNP Joint Secretary General Salahuddin Ahmed has submitted a petition to a Meghalaya lower court in Shillong seeking his bail in a case filed against him for trespassing India. On his behalf, lawyer SP Mahanta submitted the bail petition to the registrar office of the court on Friday. BNP assistant office secretary Abdul Latif Jony, who is now staying in Shillong, on Saturday said that they have engaged the lawyer for dealing with the court issues and he is working accordingly.The court, while keeping the bail in abeyance, asked for records from the investigating officer and fixed May 29 as the next date for hearing of the case, said Mahanta. In the petition, the lawyer said that Salahuddin needs the bail, as he wants to go to another country for better treatment. The BNP leader is yet to be produced before the court pending the final opinion of doctors who are treating him at NEIGRIHMS. He was shifted to the specialised hospital on Wednesday evening after being referred by doctors of the Shillong Civil Hospital. Doctors of the hospital said that the condition of Salahuddin, who has been suffering from kidney and heart ailments, is stable, but he would have to stay a few more days there due to some minor health complications.Earlier, a government lawyer said that Hasina Ahmed, wife of Salahuddin, in the bail petition stated that her husband had gone missing on March 10 after Bangladesh enforcement officials in plainclothes whisked him away, reports the Shillong Times.”Though the petitioner pleaded for bail of the BNP leader, the fact that the police could not investigate into the matter as the man in question is still undergoing treatment made it impossible for the Bangladesh politician to get bail,” said the government lawyer. Meghalaya police claimed that they arrested Salahuddin on May 11, as he was roaming in Golf Links area of Shillong after nearly two months of his disappearance. They also booked a case under the Foreigners Act against the BNP leader, as he had no valid papers, identity proof or travel permit.
