Murder-Case Undertrial Found Hanging in Kashimpur Central Jail Toilet

An undertrial prisoner named Raju, accused in a murder case, has died with a gamchha (cloth) wrapped around his neck in a toilet of Kashimpur Central Jail-2 in Gazipur. The incident took place on Thursday (5 November) afternoon.

Halima Akter, Senior Jail Super of Kashimpur Central Jail-2, confirmed the matter on Friday (6 November) morning.

The deceased Raju was the son of Aynal Haque of Bhaulaganj village in Debiganj upazila of Panchagarh district. He was in the jail as an undertrial in a murder case.

Senior Jail Super Halima Akter said that on Thursday afternoon Raju hanged himself by tying a gamchha to the toilet door inside the jail. Prison guards on duty later rescued him in a hanging state.

He was then taken to Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmad Medical College Hospital in Gazipur for treatment, where the doctor on duty declared him dead after examination.

After the autopsy, the body was handed over to the family on Thursday night.