2 prisoners die at DMCH
Two prisoners, including a former BDR member, receiving treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH), died yesterday.
Inspector Md Faruk, in-charge of the DMCH police outpost, confirmed the matter to the media.
The deceased are Shamsul Alam, 44, from Ulupara village in Sonaimuri upazila, Noakhali, and Sheikh Jobayer Hossain, 65, a former Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) member from Dargaipur village in Ashashuni upazila, Satkhira.
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According to hospital and prison sources, Shamsul was admitted to DMCH on the instructions of prison authorities around 11am on 4 February due to illness.
He passed away at 2am yesterday while receiving treatment. He had been arrested in connection with a case at Noakhali's Chatkhil police station.
On the other hand, Sheikh Jobayer Hossain died between 3:30am and 4:30am on the same night. He had been admitted to the hospital around 8:30pm on 5 March.
Both bodies have been kept at the DMCH morgue for autopsies, said Inspector Md Faruk.
