Former president Abdul Hamid left Dhaka for Bangkok early today.
He boarded a Thai Airways flight that left Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around 3:00am, said a top official of Special Branch (SB) of police.
"The former president went to Thailand for medical treatment. We allowed it as there is no court restriction against him or embargo by any agency," he told The Daily Star.
Family sources confirmed to The Daily Star that he had traveled to Thailand for medical treatment, accompanied by his younger son, Barrister Riyad Ahmed Tushar, and his brother-in-law, ANM Naushad Khan, Principal of President Abdul Hamid Medical College. According to the family, he went abroad based on the recommendations of local doctors, reports our Kishoreganj correspondent.
Sources in the police said Hamid entered the airport at 11:15pm yesterday and completed the necessary formalities before leaving the country.
Hamid, a former Awami League lawmaker, is a co-accused in a case filed with Kishoreganj Sadar Police Station, along with ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, over an attack on a procession during the July mass uprising.