Convicted prisoner dies
A convicted prisoner of the district central jail died at Rangpur Medical College and Hospital on Friday night. The deceased was identified as Abdur Rahim, 45, of Shahapur village in Badarganj upazila. Rahim was admitted to the hospital at about 10:30pm after he complained of chest pain, said jail superintendent Rafiqul Islam. Meanwhile, family members claimed that torture by police caused the death after Rahim was sentenced to one year imprisonment by a mobile court on Thursday night. Refuting the allegation, Pittish Chandra Sarkar, officer in-charge of Badarganj police station, said police arrested Rahim at night for possessing alcohol and produced him before the court. The court sent him to jail, the OC added.
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