A Jamaat-e-Islami leader in Khulna died on Sunday, 15 days after he was arrested in a subversion case.
Akramuzzaman Raja Mia was the ameer of Jamaat’s Labanchara thana unit and hailed from Faridpur’s Alfadanga upazila.
The 62-year-old was taken to Khulna Medical College Hospital from Khulna district jail after he fell ill at night.
Quamrul Islam, Khulna district jail super, said doctors pronounced Akramuzzaman dead around 9pm.
Labanchara police station Officer-in-Charge Sarder Mosharraf Hossain said the Jamaat leader was arrested on September 26 in a case filed for attempting to carry out subversive acts.
“The accused was ordered to be sent to jail after police produced him in court,” he said.