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Tarique, family seek UK visa

Staff Correspondent
BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Tarique Rahman, released recently from detention, his wife Zubaida Rahman and daughter Zaima Rahman yesterday submitted visa applications to the British High Commission through a lawyer.
Meanwhile, a senior BNP leader arranged an appointment with officials at German Embassy this morning to obtain visa for the three, Tarique's lawyers and family members said. He will approach the German Embassy on behalf of them.
Earlier, Tarique's lawyer advocate Ahmed Aazam submitted applications to the British High Commission on behalf of the three for getting multiple visas for them forayear.
Tarique's wife Zubaida and daughter Zaima went to the British High Commission to give their fingerprints.
A physician is expected to accompany the three abroad.
Sources said if Tarique and his family members get back their passports from British High Commission today, the senior BNP leader would take those to the German Embassy to get visas for them.
Tarique, arrested at his mother's cantonment residence on March 7 last year, was granted bails in all the cases and released on September 3.
He has been receiving treatment at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) Hospital since then.
Arrangements have already been made in two renowned hospitals in Berlin and New York for providing Tarique with proper medical treatment, reported New York-based news agency ANA.
If he gets UK visa, he will travel to London first and then decide about his next destination.
His younger brother Arafat Rahman Koko, released on an executive order on July 17, has been receiving treatment in Bangkok.
Their mother and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, now detained at a makeshift prison in the Sangsad Bhaban Complex, has been accused in several corruption cases.
Of the four cases filed against Khaleda, she secured bails in two cases. She filed petitions with the High Court yesterday seeking bail in other two cases.
Meanwhile, former state minister for education Ehsanul Haque Milon and his wife could not meet Tarique Rahman at the BSMMU as Tarique refused to meet them, claimed party leaders.
Partv- leaders and activists prevented Ataur Rahman Angur. a former BNP lawmaker, from visit-ingTarique yesterday