Sajeda Mannan, wife of detained Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) Mayor MA Mannan, yesterday demanded the release of her ailing husband to ensure his batter treatment abroad, reports UNB. “My husband he has long been suffering from various diseases, including heart, kidney and diabetics. His condition has now turned critical following the torture on him in repeated police remands. It’s necessary to provide him with better treatment taking abroad right now. I demand the government release him on humanitarian ground,” she said. Sajeda made the demand at a press conference at the National Press Club. Mannan, also an adviser to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, was arrested from his Baridhara residence on February 11 this year. On August 19, the government suspended him from the post of GCC mayor as he has been charged with criminal offences.