Hurreh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!finally Arafat Rahman Coco, the ailing youngest son of detained former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia was released on parole for eight weeks yesterday for better treatment abroad. Coco moved out to freedom in a wheelchair from Bangladesh Sheikh Mujib Medical University, where he was undergoing treatment, at about 6 pm and was soon transferred to the Cantonment residence of Khaleda Zia in an ambulance.The home ministry issued an executive order in this regard."Arafat Rahman Coco, who was detained and undergoing treatment at the prison cell of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Hospital (BSMMUH), was released on temporary parole for two months under the section of 401 (4A) of Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC), the circular said.Thousands of BNP leaders and activists greeted Coco as he was taken out of the hospital. Coco is suffering from chronic respiratory complications.Earlier, an official medical board recommended that the government send him abroad for medical treatment and his wife Sarmili Rahman had appealed to the government for his release for better treatment.When asked about release of Coco, the home adviser Major Gen MA Matin BP (retd) yesterday told newsmen at his secretariat office that Coco would set free for eight weeks on humanitarian grounds for his better treatment.Quoting Coco's wife, his lawyer advocate Md Sanaullah Miah said that his (Coco's) family would send him to Bangkok for better treatment soon. However, he said Coco's wife would take the final decision about his treatment.Coco was arrested on September 3 last year along with his mother Khaleda Zia in Gatco scam case.
I hope & I think the government is likely to release BNP chairperson and former prime minister Khaleda Zia and her elder son Tarique Rahman within a week.
