55-year-old convicted prisoner dies at DMCH
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A 55-year-old prisoner, convicted in a drug case, died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital early today (2 August).
The deceased was identified as Shamsul Haque of Damuddya in Shariatpur upazila.
Inspector Bachchu Mia, in-charge of Dhaka Medical College Hospital's police outpost, said Shamsul fell ill at Dhaka Central Jail and prison guard Mahbubur and others took him to DMCH on Tuesday night.
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Shamsul breathed his last around 2:20am. The body has been kept at the morgue of the hospital.
He was sentenced to life imprisonment in a drug case. He was serving his sentence in Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj.
