A war crimes accused died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Thursday.
The deceased was Nizamul Haque Miah ,76, of Sadhuhati village in Kashiani upazila of Gopalganj district.
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Subash Chandra Bala, deputy district magistrate of Dhaka Central Jail (Keraniganj), said Nizamul Haque, an accused in a case over crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971, was taken to DMCH after he fell sick in the prison.
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Prison guards including jail guard Md Solaiman Pradhan took him to the emergency department of DMCH at 6:08 am where the duty doctor declared him dead, said DMCH Police Outpost Inspector Bachchu Mia.
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The body has been kept at the hospital morgue for an autopsy, he said.