DHAKA — Three prisoners from Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj died while undergoing treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Sunday, according to hospital sources.
The deceased were identified as Abul Bashar, 58, Abdul Qaiyum, 62, and Md Shahadat Hossain Liton, 52. Two were awaiting trial, while the third was a convicted prisoner.
The two detainees were pronounced dead just one hour and 40 minutes apart.
Abul Bashar was brought to the hospital’s emergency department on Sunday morning by prison guards, including Md Shahid, after he fell ill in jail.
Doctors examined him and pronounced him dead at 7:25 a.m.
Bashar was from Kutia Lakshmipur village in Kachua upazila of Chandpur. He was the son of Sekendar Ali and had been detained in a case filed with Kachua Police Station under the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act.
Another detainee, Abdul Qaiyum, was brought to the emergency department in the morning by prison guards, including Hemayet Hossain, on instructions from the prison authorities.
Doctors pronounced him dead at 9:05 a.m.
Qaiyum was from Golai Padabazar village in Chauddagram upazila of Cumilla. His father was the late Dudu Mia. He had been detained in connection with eight cases.
The third prisoner, Shahadat Hossain Liton, had been admitted to Ward 502 of the hospital’s medicine department on Aug. 28 after falling ill.
He died while undergoing treatment at around 8:45 a.m. Sunday.
Liton was imprisoned in connection with Rapid Trial Tribunal Case No. 11/07 and Uttara Police Station Case No. 9(11)06 under Sections 302, 34 and 201.
He was from Pabla village under Daulatpur Police Station in Khulna and was the son of the late Abdul Quader.
Dhaka Medical College Hospital police outpost Inspector Md Habibur Rahman said the bodies of all three prisoners had been kept at the hospital morgue for autopsies.
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