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Vol. 5 Num 1075 Sun. June 10, 2007  
   
Metropolitan


Two prisoners die at DMCH within a span of three hours


Two prisoners of Dhaka Central Jail died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) within a span of three hours.

The prisoners -- Fukon Mia, 60, and Mir Liakat Ali, 63, -- had been shifted to Dhaka Central Jail from Sylhet recently.

Jail sources said Fukon was rushed to the DMCH in a critical condition after he fell sick, but the doctors declared him dead at around 2:25am yesterday.

Liakat, who had been admitted to the hospital with chest pain on June 4, died at around 11:30pm on Friday, they added.

The bodies were sent to Dhaka Medical College morgue.