Detained Jamaat leader dies in Bogra

A local leader of Jamaat-e-Islami, who was sent to jail in a violence case, died at Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital here on Monday.

The deceased was identified as Abdul Jalil, 55, president of ward-2 of Durgapur union in Kahalu upazila and son of Chan Mohammad of Bamuja village in the upazila, reports news agency UNB.

Sub-inspector of Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital police camp Shah Alam said as Jalil fell ill in the district jail in the afternoon, he was taken to the hospital where he died around 4:30pm.