The New Nation - Internet Edition

UNB, Dhaka

Condition of Tarique Rahman, who Monday suffered head injuries from a fall in bathroom in custody, has improved, doctors at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University said.

"He is better but under complete observation. We can't say anything until 48-hour time is over," Dr Kazi Mazharul Islam Dolon told UNB on Tuesday afternoon, a day after his injury news incensed his party's student activists into triggering mayhem in and around Dhaka University area.

The physicians examined Tarique at about 12 noon. Dolon said Tarique has head pain and the right side of his injured head has swollen. He also suffers from fever.

He may undergo CT scan after 48 hours, Dr Dolon said. DIG (Prisons) Maj Shamsul Haider Siddique, who went to BSMMU to see Tarique's condition, told UNB that he was "getting well".

Tarique, detained ex-PM and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia's elder son and also senior joint secretary general of the party, was arrested on March 7 last year in connection with several corruption cases amid a purge in the interim period.

News of his suffering injuries sparked violent protests in Dhaka University, BUET, Dhaka College and Shahbagh areas Monday, resulting in one person's death and dozens of vehicles having been damaged or burned.