A man accused in a drug case died at Uttara East Police Station early Tuesday, while on a two-day remand. The accused hanged himself to death from the ventilator of the cell with a blanket, Deputy Commissioner (Uttara Division) Mohamamd Foyjul Islam told UNB. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Liton, 45 of Kahalu upazila in Bogura district.  Read: Faridpur violence: 48-yr-old accused dies in police custody Placed on two-day remand police took him into custody on Monday. “There are 15 CCTV cameras inside the police station. The CCTV footage has shown that the accused tore down the blanket inside the cell and hanged himself from the ventilator,” he said. However, a three-member probe body, headed by Additional deputy commissioner (Airport Zone) was formed to look into the matter and find whether there was any negligence on part of duty police , he added. Read: Raihan’s death in police custody: Suspended SI Akbar held The committee has been asked to submit the report within three working days. Police will take necessary steps on the basis of the probe report, said Foyjul.

Writer Mushtaq Ahmed, who died in police custody on Thursday after almost 10 months of incarceration in a Digital Security Act case, was laid to rest on Friday night at Azimpur graveyard.

Thirteen Ambassadors and High Commissioners stationed in Dhaka on Friday urged the government of Bangladesh to conduct a "swift, transparent, and independent inquiry" into the full circumstances of writer Mushtaq Ahmed’s death in police custody.