An inmate of Dhaka Central Jail was declared dead at the emergency unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Sunday afternoon as he was taken there in critical condition.
The victim, Saidur Rahman Sujan, 45, was former chairman of Birulia union of Savar, in the outskirts of Dhaka city.
Prison authorities claimed that he attempted suicide inside the jail, and being found out, he was immediately taken to DMCH.
Duty doctors at the hospital declared Saidur dead at about