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5 VIP Prisoners

Suspension of division cut to one-week

KAiijt.su Sarkar
The jail authorities yesterday reduced the three-month suspension of division to five VIP prisoners to just one week --two days after imposing the punishment for violating the jail codes.
The restrictions on meeting visitors and other punitive measures taken against them will remain, sources said.
Inspector General (Prisons) Brig Gen Zakir Hassan yesterday told The Daily Star. "The jail authorities reconsidered their decision as such type of punitive measures against VIP prisoners were taken for the first time in the country."
An inmate with division is entitled to a small cot, newspapers and
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The jail authorities on Tuesday night suspended for three months the division status to former BNP ministers Nazmul Huda and Altaf Hossain Choudhury, former BNP lawmaker and political adviser to BNP chairperson Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury, former Awami League state minister Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir and Nazmul Huda's wife Sigma Huda.
Sigma Huda was given division with special consideration following court orders even though she was not a lawmaker.
The punitive measures were taken against them as they breached the jail codes by using cellphonesand iPod inside the jail
According to the jail authorities, seven VIP prisoners were punished for breaking the jail codes two months ago. Cases were also filed
against them but since the court did not take the matter into cognisance, the jail authorities took action within their jurisdiction.
Ex-BNP lawmakers Mossaddak Ali Balu and Nasiruddin Ahmed Pintu also lost their right to meet visitors for indulging in the same offence.
Deputy Inspector General (Prisons) Maj Shamsul Haider Siddique told The Daily Star, "As far as we know, division status of any VIP detainee was not suspended, withheld or cancelled in the past."
He yesterday said, "Letters containing the revised punishment would be sent tonight to (he respective jails where the five VIP detainees are now staying. "
According to jail sources, Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury is now in Bogra Jail. Nazmul Huda and Altaf Hossain in Narayanganj Jail, Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir in
Kashimpur Jail and Sigma Huda in Dhaka Central Jail.
DIG-Prisons Maj Haider said at present about 70 high-profile prisoners, including former ministers, state ministers, deputy ministers, lawmakers and businessmen are staying in different jails across the country.
The jail authorities on Ttiesday sent Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury to Bogra Jail, Mossaddak Ali Falu to Panchagarh Jail, Salauddin Ahmed to Bandarban Jail. Nasiruddin Ahmed Pintu to Lalmonirhat Jail Jamaat leader Abu Taher to Narsingdi Jail and former BNP MP and Partex Group Chairman MA Hashem to Barguna Jail for violating the jail codes.
According to jail sources, Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury has already been whisked between Kashimpur, Sylhet and Narayanganj
jails for his repeated violation of the jail codes.
Former state minister for home affairs Lutfozzaman Babar, former Dhaka Club president Selim Bhuiyan and former Chittagong Port chairman Sahadat Hossain were sent back to jail from Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) hospital, where they had been admitted for treatment, for committing the same offence.
On Sunday, authorities found BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Tarique Rahman, now admitted to the BSMMU, talking over the cellphone of a doctor. The following day the authorities decided that prisoners would be denied their right to meet visitors if they violated (he jail codes.
The jail authorities also decided to install cellphone jammers i t jails.