Dhaka: Ailing BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia was taken back to Dhaka central jail from Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) on Saturday after medical check-up and tests.

A black Pajero jeep carrying Khaleda left BSMMU around 1.33pm amid tight security.

Earlier, she was taken to the BSMMU from the jail at 11.30am for medical check-up.

She was offered a wheelchair to go to the cabin block on the 4th floor of the hospital but she refused and walked to the lift.

Two members of a medical board earlier formed by the government and her personal physician examined her health.

Later, the doctors suggested conducting some medical tests, including x-ray on her knee and two hands and blood test.

After the x-ray in Radiology and Imaging department and blood test, she was taken back to the jail.

Khaleda’s two lawyers—Sanaullah Miah and Barrister Mahbub Uddin Khokon—met Khaleda at the hospital. The BNP chief’s personal physician, Mamun, was also present.

Meanwhile, police detained several BNP activists as they tried to stage demonstrations in front of the hospital.

Khaleda Zia fell sick in the jail on March 29 and postponed a scheduled meeting with its secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.

On April 1, the government formed a medical team with four professors of Dhaka Medical College Hospital to examine her health condition and ensure her treatment in the jail.

On February 8 last, a special court here sentenced Khaleda to five years’ rigorous imprisonment in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case.