A local Awami League leader, who was incarcerated in Keraniganj Central Jail in connection with a student murder case, died at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) on Thursday night.
The deceased, identified as Abdur Razzak, 54, served as the Forest and Environment Affairs Secretary of the Savar Municipal Awami League and the Organizing Secretary of Ward No. 7 Awami League.
Belal Uddin Mona, brother-in-law of the deceased, said that Abdur Razzak was admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital by the jail authorities after collapsing due to chest pain earlier in the afternoon.
He was later transferred to DMCH, where doctors declared him dead at 7:45 pm.
“At the time of filing this report, the relatives of the deceased were waiting at the hospital to receive the body following the due procedures,” Mona added.