A prisoner who was brought to Dhaka Central Jail recently from Kashimpur died yesterday with reasons unknown to hospital authorities.
Police said Shah Alam, aged around 35, was brought dead to Dhaka Medical College Hospital around 8am by a guard of Central Jail.
Sub-Inspector Md Hannan of Chawkbazar police station, who prepared Alam’s inquest report, said his body had injury marks in the forehead, nose and under the eyes.
The jail guard Sumon, who brought the body to DMCH, told reporters that Alam was feeling ill in the morning and so he was brought to the hospital. Shah Alam, prisoner number 7348/A, was son of Salauddin of North Manda in the capital’s Mugda.
Shah Alam’s mother, Farida Begum, said Alam was awarded nine-year imprisonment in an arms case filed with Mugda police station. She said: “My son was in Kashimpur Jail and on December 28 he was brought to Dhaka Central Jail.” “Later he was sent to DMCH for treatment and the doctors at that time said he was okay,” she added.
She said: “When I visited him on Tuesday, he said he was feeling bad and today [yesterday], jail authorities called me and informed that Alam was rushed to DMCH again with chest pain.”
Police on the issue said they would be certain about the cause of death after the autopsy.
Meanwhile, in another incident, a scrap-leather trader Md Faizul Islam, 38, was brought dead to DMCH around 1:30am yesterday.
Mir Rezaul Islam, sub-inspector of Hazaribagh police station said Faizul had locked into an altercation with a roadside vendor, a betel leaf seller, in front of a food shop in Hazaribagh around 12:20am.
At one stage of the argument, a local youth named Shahin punched Faizul, taking side of the vendor. He then smashed Faizul’s head onto a wall, leaving him dead on the spot, he added.
The SI said they have arrested Shahin and the victim’s body was sent to DMCH for autopsy.
In another incident, a private university student Mahfuzur Rahman, 23, died after being hit by a covered-van when he was crossing a road near Mohakhali Flyover around 12am.
SI Md Ashraf of Banani police station said they have detained the covered-van driver with help of locals.
Mahfuzur resided at Kalyanpur of Mirpur, he added.
Around the same time, in another incident, an unknown rickshaw puller died after being hit by an unidentified vehicle at Dholaikhal in the old part of the capital.
A woman named Sharmin rushed him to DMCH where he was declared dead. She told police that the rickshaw puller was lying beside his rickshaw which was smashed by the vehicle.
