<div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">Mahmudur Rahman Manna, president of the Nagorik Oikya, has been admitted to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Hospital after falling seriously ill late last night.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">His personal physician, Dr. Shoaeb Muhammad, confirmed the news, saying, "He has suffered a heart attack and is currently under intensive observation in the Coronary Care Unit (CCU). He is not out of danger until at least 72 hours have passed."</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A media release, signed by Nagorik Oikya organizational secretary Sabik Anwar, said that Manna was abducted by law enforcers in plainclothes in 2015 and was later shown as arrested.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He spent two years in prison due to false charges. During his imprisonment, he suffered a heart attack, which led to hospitalization, where multiple blockages in his heart were diagnosed.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">At that time, the government did not allow him proper medical treatment and sent him back to prison instead of providing care.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Even after his release, his passport was withheld, preventing him from seeking advanced medical treatment abroad.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The party has called upon people to pray for his early recovery.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>