The New Nation - Internet Edition

Chittagong Correspondent

Binod Bihari Chowdhury, a revolutionist and leader of the anti-British movement and a close associate of the celebrity Mastarda Surya Sen, has been admitted to Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH) this morning.

Family sources said that the 98-year old, a leading hothead of the Indian independence movement, was taken to the CMCH emergency from his Momin Road residence at around 9:30 am.

He was later shifted to the cardiology department of the CMCH, attending physicians of the hospital said.

Head of the CMCH Cardiology Department Dr. Manzur Morshed is currently taking care of Binod Bihari, the CMCH sources said.

Dr Manzur told the reporters that the veteran campaigner was admitted to the hospital due to complications related to asphyxia and anaemia. He was doing better now, the doctor added.