Former DNCC councillor, held at Kashimpur jail, dies at DMCH

A former ward councillor of Dhaka North City Corporation, an inmate of Kashimpur High Security Central Jail, died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital this afternoon.

The deceased, identified as Murad Hasan, 65, was the councillor of ward number 12 and a local Awami League leader.

"The inmate was brought to the hospital in an unconscious state around 4:30pm. Doctors declared him dead shortly after arrival," said Inspector Md Farouk, in-charge of the DMCH police outpost.

"The prisoner had been feeling unwell since this morning with acute respiratory problems. We took him to Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmad Medical College Hospital immediately. As his condition deteriorated there, he was referred to DMCH," Abdullah Al Mamun, senior jail superintendent of Kashimpur High Security Central Jail in Gazipur told The Daily Star.

Prison officials said Murad was arrested in April this year. He was accused in at least three cases, including one over a killing during the July uprising.

The body was sent to the Dhaka Medical College morgue for autopsy.