Police yesterday arrested Ameer of Tangail Pourasava unit of Jamaat-e-Islami, also owner of Dhaleshwari Clinic in Tangail town, Dr Abdul Hamid following allegation of a child's death due to wrong treatment and negligence at his clinic.

Officer-in-Charge of Tangail Police Station Ashraf Hossain told The Daily Star that two-month-old Naimul Haque, son of Saudi expatriate Abdur Razzak of Deojan village under Delduar upazila, was rushed to Dhaleshwari Clinic in the town on Monday noon with problem in his urethra.

Child's mother Nargis Begum said clinic owner Dr Abdul Hamid, who examined her son, told her that khatna (circumcision) would be required to cure Naimul.

After conducting circumcision of the child at the Operation Theater of the clinic, Dr Hamid went to his residence on the second floor of the clinic building.

Naimul went into convulsions sometime after the operation but the doctor did not come to see him despite requests for several times, Nargis Begum said, adding that Naimul died after Dr Hamid came to the clinic in the afternoon.

Naimul's uncle Sirajul Islam on Monday night filed a case with Tangail Police Station in this regard.

Police arrested Dr Hamid yesterday morning and sent him to court.