Staff Correspondent
The government has extended by another month the parole of Arafat Rahman, youngest son of the BNP chairperson, Khaleda Zia, also the leader of the opposition in parliament.
The home ministry on Thursday issued an order extending the temporary release up to April 16, 2009 from March 19 on a petition by Arafat’s lawyer AM Mahbub Uddin Khokan. The order was made available on Sunday.
Arafat, who was arrested in the GATCO corruption case on September 3, 2007 along with his mother during the interim government of Fakhruddin Ahmed, fell ill when he was in jail. He is now being treated in a Thailand hospital.
Arafat was paroled on July 17, 2008 for eight weeks for overseas treatment. The government has successively extended Arafat’s parole by a month each time.
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