Prof Dr Mia Mohammad Mohiuddin, one of the two death row convicts in the murder case of Prof Dr S Taher Ahmed of the geology and mining department of Rajshahi University (RU), has been admitted to the hospital.
Professor Mohiuddin was rushed to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) following complaints of chest pain on Friday morning, confirmed Rajshahi Central Jail Jailor Nizam Uddin.
After a spike in blood pressure, Mohiuddin was swiftly transferred from the prison hospital to RMCH where he is currently receiving treatment in the prison ward, he said.
On Wednesday, the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court published its verdict that rejected an appeal filed by two convicts seeking a review of the judgment in the murder case.
As a result, there was now no legal bar to the execution of these two convicts.
Dr S Taher Ahmed was killed on February 1, 2006, and police recovered his body from a septic tank behind his residence on the university campus on February 3 of the same year.
His son, Sanjid Alvi Ahmed, filed the case with the Motihar police station on the same day.
On March 17, 2007, police pressed charges against six.
On May 22, 2008, the Rajshahi Speedy Trial Tribunal sentenced four people, including Dr Mohiuddin and Md Jahangir, to death and acquitted two others.
The acquitted are – former RU Chhatra Shibir president Mahbubul Alam Salehi and Azimuddin Munshi.
On April 21, 2013, the High Court upheld the death sentence of Dr Mohiuddin and Md Jahangir, and commuted the death sentences of Nazmul and Salam to life imprisonment.