He left for London yesterday for further neuro-opthalmological tests and appropriate treatment. The injury to the nerve caused his right eye to be misaligned relative to the left eye, the sources said.

Leader of the Opposition Sheikh Hasina's Political Secretary Saber, who is also an organising secretary of Awami League, was critically injured when police beat him even after knowing his identity during the 14-party demonstrations against the Election Commission on September 6.

The family sources said Saber started having double vision since a police attack on him on February 12, 2004. The problem deteriorated further after the September 6 attack.

The urinary infection caused by trauma in his lower abdomen due to the police beating however has been cured and his gall bladder is functioning at 70 percent.

Following the September 6 attack, Saber was first admitted to Bangladesh Medical College Hospital and later shifted to Apollo Hospital in the capital. He was flown to Singapore on September 9 as his condition deteriorated.

Meanwhile, Sammilito Nagorik Andolon (SNA), a civil society body, yesterday condemned Tuesday's police attacks on AL leader Mohammad Nasim and Asaduzzaman Noor, terming the attacks 'barbaric'.

It urged the government to sit for a negotiation 'discarding the path of torture and the plan to rig the election'.

Signatories to the SNA statement include Air Vice-marshall (retd) AK Khondoker, Dr Kazi Faruq Ahmed, Prof AMS Arefin Siddiq, Prof Abdul Ahad Chowdhury, Nasir Uddin Yusuf, Shahriar Kabir, Shirin Akhter and Monjurul Ahsan Bulbul.