Dhaka: Over six months into his arrest, BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir was freed from jail on bail on Tuesday.

The BNP leader walked out of the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) prison cell at about 7:00pm after his release order reached the jail authorities.

Fakhrul’s family members, including his wife, and some BNP leaders and activists received the BNP leader at the hospital gate.

Later, he started for United Hospital at Gulshan.

On 18 June, BNP leader Mirza Fakhrul was admitted to the BSMMU following a High Court order.

On Monday, the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) upheld the High Court order that granted bail to BNP leader in three violence cases for six weeks.

The SC came up with the order after receiving a report from a five-member medical team, comprising two surgeons of vascular surgery, a respiratory medicine specialist, a medicine specialist and a cardiologist, formed by Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Hospital (BSMMU) authorities on the health condition of the BNP leader.

The bench also asked Fakhrul to surrender before a lower court after six weeks.

Mirza Fakhrul's lawyer Khandaker Mahbub Hossain told the reporters that the bench stayed the HC order on his client's bail in the cases for six weeks.

Based on the findings of a health report of Fakhrul, which the five-member medical team submitted at about 3:00pm on Sunday (12 July), the court gave the order upholding the BNP leader’s HC bail, said state lawyers.

Earlier on 9 July, the court directed the BSMMU authorities to form a five-member medical board to conduct Mirza Fakhrul's treatment and submit a report on his physical condition by 3:00 pm on 12 July.

Earlier on 18 June, the High Court granted bail to the BNP leader in the three cases for violence.

Two of the cases were filed with Paltan Police Station while another with Motijheel Police Station.

On 16 April, Mirza Fakhrul secured six months' bail from HC in another case filed with Paltan Police Station on 4 January for allegedly carrying out arson attack and vandalism.

On the same day, the court issued a rule asking the authorities concerned why Fakhrul should not be given bail in three other cases.

On 6 January, plain-clothes police picked up Fakhrul as he came out of the Jatiya Press Club after nearly 25 hours of stay there following BNP's announcement to observe 5 January as 'Democracy Killing Day', protesting the 10th parliamentary polls held on the day.