An inmate named Mokbul Hossain, aged 54, died while undergoing treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Wednesday, June 3. He was a prisoner from Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj. According to prison and hospital sources, Mokbul suddenly fell ill inside the prison around noon. Following instructions from the prison authorities, guards including Nazmul Islam took him to the hospital’s emergency department, where doctors conducted several tests before declaring him dead at 4:45 p.m.

Sub-Inspector Md. Mahmudul Hasan of Shahbagh Police Station, who is stationed at the hospital police camp, confirmed the death and said the body has been kept in the hospital morgue for autopsy. After completing legal procedures, the body will be handed over to the family.

Prison sources said Mokbul Hossain had been serving a sentence under Section 86 in case number CR 2877/26. He was a resident of Mirhajirbagh in Jatrabari, Dhaka, and the son of the late Ali Ahmed.