An 18-year-old inmate of Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj died while undergoing treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Saturday.
The deceased was Mohammad Mehedi Hasan Kazi, son of Mohammad Faruk Kazi of Uttar Kazipara village under Shibchar Police Station in Madaripur.
Prison guard Md Sahabul Islam said Mehedi Hasan contracted dengue while in jail and initially received treatment at the prison hospital.
Later, he was transferred to the medicine department of DMCH on the instructions of the prison authorities.
As his condition deteriorated, he was brought to the hospital's emergency department around 3pm in an unconscious state, where attending doctor declared him dead at around 5:30pm.
Sahabul Islam said Mehedi Hasan was being held as an undertrial prisoner at the central jail (prisoner No-10718/26) in connection with a case filed with Kamrangirchar Police Station under the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act.
The deceased's elder brother, Sayed Kazi, said Mehedi Hasan was an SSC examinee. He had been in custody for the past seven months in connection with a rape case filed with Kamrangirchar Police Station.
He said his brother died after being taken to DMCH for treatment for dengue.
Inspector Md Habibur Rahman, in-charge of the police outpost at DMCH, said the body had been kept in the hospital morgue for an autopsy.
He said the body would be handed over to the family after the autopsy.
