British High Commissioner Stephen Evans and another diplomat of the US embassy on Sunday visited the seriously injured opposition chief whip, Zainul Abdin Farroque, now undergoing treatment the United Hospital.
Farroque, a lawmaker of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, was seriously injured by the police who assaulted him brutally on July 6, the first day of the last 48-hour hartal called by the BNP and its allies.
The British high commissioner went to see Farroque at around 2:00pm and inquired about his health and treatment.
The political and economic counsellor of the US embassy, Jon Danilowicz, went to Farroque's cabin at 2:30pm, and spent some time with him.
The BNP chairperson's adviser, AZM Zahid Hossain, and Farroque's wife, and daughter Tamanna Farroque, were present during the visit of the two diplomats.
Source : New Age
