Arrested BNP leader dies at DMCH

Staff Reporter  :
A BNP leader, who was under police custody, died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital DMCH on Thursday afternoon.

The deceased has been identified as Mohammad Idris Ali, 60. He was BNP’s liberation war secretary of ward no. 63 of Dhaka South City.

Earlier, Idris Ali was arrested in a case filed over the incident of clashes between police and BNP in city’s Matuail area during the party’s sit-in on 29 July.

Police arrested Idris from his house in the city’s Jurain area on that night.

Police produced him before the court the following day. Idris was sent to Dhaka Central Jail by the court after hearing.

Idris Ali’s elder brother Akkas Ali told the media that his brother was involved with BNP politics. But he was not present in the party’s sit-in programme on 29 July. Yet, the police arrested him. Akkas claimed that Idris did not have any ailment.

Dhaka central jail’s jailor Md Mahabubul Islam confirmed the matter to the media saying that Idris Ali was sent to DMCH for advanced treatment at 9:30am on Thursday as per recommendation of assistant surgeon and civil surgeon of Dhaka Central Jail.

He died at 2:10pm while undergoing treatment at the hospital. The body has been kept at the DMCH for autopsy, the jailor added.