A war crimes suspect died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Thursday.
The deceased was Nizamul Haque Miah,76, of Sadhuhati village in Kashiani upazila of Gopalganj district.
Subash Chandra Bala, the 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.
Prison guards including jail guard Md Solaiman Pradhan took him to the emergency department of DMCH at 6:08am where the duty doctor declared him dead, said DMCH Police Outpost Inspector Bachchu Mia.
He said the body has been kept at the hospital morgue for an autopsy.
