Man dies in police custody

A man has died in Mipur Police Station hours after his arrest.

Staff Correspondentbdnews24.com
Published : 13 July 2014, 08:36 AM
Updated : 13 July 2014, 08:36 AM

Mahbubur Rahman Sujon, 35, faced several cases, police said.

He died on Sunday early morning, Dhaka police’s Mirpur zone Deputy Commissioner (DC) Imtiaz Ahmed said.

The Hajaribagh police arrested Sujon with two magazines and 10 bullets around 1am and handed him over to the Mirpur Police Station, he said.

Sujon was admitted to the Suhrawardy Hospital at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar after he complained of respiratory problem, but he could not be saved, the police official said.

The body was sent to the Dhaka Medical College and Hospital mortuary for post mortem.

Sujon, involved in criminal activities in Mirpur, had been for long hiding in Hajaribagh, DC Ahmed said.