A murder case prisoner died at Kashimpur Jail in Gazipur on Thursday morning.
The prisoner was identified as Abdul Baten, 35, son of Darog Ali of Savar.
A senior super of Dhaka Central Jail, Part 2 in Kashimpur, Jahangir Kabir said, Abdul Baten was taken to hospital as he felt chest pain around 10am. Later, he was shifted to Gazipur Sadar hospital where duty doctor declared him dead.
Residential doctor of Gazipur Sadar hospital Tapan Kanti Sarkar said Baten was already dead when he was taken to the hospital.
Baten was sent to Dhaka Central Jail in 2013 after he had been arrested in a murder case under Savar police station. Later, he was shifted to Dhaka Central Jail, Part 2 in Kashimpur on May 31.
