Bangladesh High Commissioner to India Syed Muazzem Ali on Tuesday visited a group of Bangladeshi freedom fighters who are receiving free medical treatment at the Army Hospital in New Delhi.
He talked to the freedom fighters, aged between 60 and 70, and enquired about their ailments and the treatment they are receiving.
A total of 28 ailing freedom fighters arrived in India last week, said the Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi on Wednesday.
Thirteen of them got admitted to the Army Hospital in New Delhi and another 15 are receiving treatment in another army hospital in Pune, reports UNB.
The expenses of the treatment are being borne by the Indian government.
In April 2017, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced India will provide free medical treatment to 100 freedom fighters of the 1971 Bangladesh War of Liberation.
The gesture came at a 'Sammanona' programme where visiting Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina personally honoured the families of some Indian soldiers who died fighting against the Pakistani troops during the nine-month Liberation War.
During their meeting with the High Commissioner, the freedom fighters expressed satisfaction at the treatment and care they are receiving at the hospital for their ailments related to complications from stroke, prostrate, diabetes and partial paralysis.
As a freedom fighter himself, he also understands their feelings, the High Commissioner said.
The envoy was accompanied by Defence Adviser Brig Gen Abul Kalam Mohammad Ziaur Rahman and Head of Chancery AFM Zahid-Ul-Islam.
