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Khaleda Zia

High Court grants bail to former Bangladeshi premier and son

Mohit Joshi 27 August 2008

Dhaka, Bangladesh Dhaka - The High Court in Bangladesh Tuesday released former prime minister Khaleda Zia for four months to undergo medical treatment.

Zia, 63, was detained in September last year on corruption charges.

The same court granted her son and political heir Tarique Rahman an identical four-month release, also for medical treatment.

Both rulings were made on humanitarian grounds and after the recommendation of medical boards, judicial officials said.

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Khaleda’s eldest son paralysed with two bones broken during torture

Mohit Joshi 25 August 2008

Dhaka, Aug 25 : Former Bangladeshi premier Khaleda Zia’s eldest son and her heir apparent Tareque Rahman has reportedly been partially paralysed after his two bone in the back broke during torture by security agencies, a doctor attending to him said.

Quoting Rahman’s medical report, the doctor said that he was strung up blindfolded in a dark room, then dropped down and struck against a wall, fracturing two bones in his back.