BNP leader Hafizuddin files writ seeking HC direction to go aboard
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BNP Vice Chairman retired Major Hafizuddin Ahmed has filed a writ petition with the High Court challenging the legality of government action that prevented him from travelling to India for treatment.
In the petition, he appealed to the HC for passing an order upon the authorities concerned of the government to allow him to leave Bangladesh and then return from abroad. The High Court may hold a hearing on the petition on Thursday, said his lawyer Barrister Ruhul Quddus Kazal on Wednesday.
According to the writ petition, Hafizuddin Ahmed was scheduled to go to New Delhi on an Air India flight on Tuesday afternoon for knee replacement. However, his departure was barred at the airport. Challenging the legality of such actions of the government, Hafizudding filed the writ.
The 79-year-old opposition leader on Tuesday said that he was scheduled to undergo a surgery at a Delhi hospital on Wednesday.
He and his wife were about to board a plane at Dhaka airport and their bags were already checked in around 12:00 pm on Tuesday when immigration police asked them to wait. After nearly three hours, he was told that there was a travel restriction for him, Hafizuddin said.
“The authorities did not tell us why. My wife was allowed to go abroad. But I could not,” Hafizuddin said.