Staff Reporter :Different questions are still being raised about missing, trace and arrest of BNP Joint-Secretary General Salahuddin Ahmed, who is now in a prison cell of a Shillong hospital in Indian state of Meghalaya. It was claimed that the BNP leader has been losing his memory. “He is not able to recall much. I can see some memory loss on his part,” said BNP Assistant Office Secretary Abdul Latif Jony.He said this while talking to local journalists in Shillong on Sunday after meeting with Salahuddin at the hospital, where the BNP leader has been undergoing treatment following his trace and arrest on May 11. Quoting the doctors of the hospital, Abdul Latif Jony said that Salahuddin is having short-term memory loss. This is a cause of worry. He, however, said that the doctors are conducting several tests to know further about his health.Abdul Latif Jony has been in Shillong for the last three days to support Salahuddin. Tabith Awal, who contested the Dhaka North City Corporation polls as BNP-backed mayor candidate, on Sunday also left Dhaka for Shillong to meet Salahuddin.Meanwhile, Salahuddin’s wife Hasina Ahmed and other family members received Indian visa for visiting Shillong to meet the BNP leader. They received visas on Sunday evening. Earlier on Wednesday, they applied for Indian visa. Hasina will leave Dhaka for Shillong as soon as possible. According to the Shillong police, they arrested Salauddin from Golf Link of Shillong, Meghalaya’s capital, after the locals found him in mentally imbalanced condition, and informed them. They sent him to Meghalaya Institute of Mental Health & Neurological Science (MIMHANS). Later, the BNP leader was shifted to the Shillong Civil Hospital. Salahuddin relatives refused the claim of Shillong police. Quoting the BNP leader, the relatives claimed that Salahuddin was dropped from a vehicle at Pologround of Shillong blindfolded, and confirming about his position after talking to locals, later he himself went to the police and gave his identity. A leading Bengali daily of Dhaka on Sunday reported that a police inspector named K Shabong along with Salahuddin reached the local police station on May 11 morning. In that time, a polythene bag was Salahuddin’s possession with some dresses and Bangladeshi medicines. When asked, Salahuddin told the police that his name is Salahuddin Ahmed, and he is a former state minister of Bangladesh and a BNP leader. The police had been surprised over Salahuddin’s statement, as they did not believe his statement seeing his dress up and other sides. They did not find any symptom of blindfold, which was claimed Salahuddin later. In that time, Salahuddin was worn by a white shirt, trouser and shoes without socks. Light beard was also seen in his face. Salahuddin had informed the police that he was abducted from Dhaka two months ago. The abductors dropped him in Meghalaya after moving various places. In this situation, police sent him to the mental hospital- MIMHANS to be cleared that he is mentally imbalanced or not. He was shifted to the Shillong Civil Hospital on May 12 morning. The Bengali daily also reported that the Shillong police are still in confusion about the statement of Salahuddin. But, they did not pronounce anything in this regard. Kamalesh Shing, a police of Shillong, told that daily that Salahuddin himself did not go to the police station. Meanwhile, Times of India in a report on Sunday said that the BNP leader might be pushed back through BSF. However, the matter depends on the report of Indian national intelligence agency– CBI. If the CBI takes decision in this regard, Salahuddin will be brought in Dauki, a border of Bangladesh-India. Then the BSF will hand over the BNP leader to the BGB. Meghalaya police said that they would produce Salahuddin before the court once the hospital authorities release him. The police also said that would send back Salahuddin to Bangladesh if the court orders.BNP and Salahuddin’s family members had been claiming that law enforcers picked up the BNP leader from a house at Uttara in Dhaka on March 10. The law enforcers, however, denied the allegation.
