Prisoner dies at Dinajpur hospital

DINAJPUR, Aug 02 (UNB): A prisoner of Dinajpur district jail, convicted in a murder case, died in the early hours of Wednesday.
He had been serving his life sentence since May 23 last year.
The dead, Sayeed Ali, was son of late Siraj Uddin of Garpinglai village in Phulbari upazila of Dinajpur.
Dinajpur district prison's jailer AK Masum said Sayeed was undergoing treatment at the prison hospital over the last few days after becoming severely ill.
The 59-year-old was taken to M Abdur Rahim Medical College Hospital in the morning as his condition started to worsen. He died at the hospital at 5:30 am.