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Two inmates of Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj died while undergoing treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Wednesday night.
The deceased were Tofazzal alias Palash, 38, son of Ali Hossain of Bagbari in the capital’s Darus Salam area, and Iftekhar Mahmud, 36, son of Mahbub Alam of South Pirerbagh in Mirpur.
According to jail and hospital sources, Tofazzal suddenly fell seriously ill inside the jail on Wednesday night. He was taken to the DMCH emergency department on the instructions of the jail authorities. After examination, doctors declared him dead at around 11:30pm.
In a separate incident, Iftekhar was admitted to DMCH on September 19 after falling ill inside the jail. He died while undergoing treatment at around 8:30pm on Wednesday.
Mohammad Selim Hossain, sub-inspector at the DMCH police outpost, confirmed the deaths.
He said the bodies had been kept at the hospital morgue for autopsies. The cases under which the two men had been detained and the reasons for their detention could not be immediately confirmed.
The exact causes of death will be known after the autopsy reports, he added.