Drug baron Amin Huda dies
Convicted yaba baron Amin Huda died at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) in the city yesterday.
"Amin Huda died around 1:00pm. He was being treated at the hospital for more than seven months," said Mahbubul Islam, jailer of Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj told The Daily Star.
He was sentenced to 79 years of imprisonment.
Amin had been suffering from several health issues, including hypertension, diabetes and heart diseases, he said.
Doctors said he died of cardiac arrest, the prison official said.
The body was sent to Dhaka Medical College Morgue for an autopsy, Mahbubul said, adding that it would be handed over to his family members after all the procedures are completed.
On October 25, 2007, Rab arrested Amin and his partner Ahsanul Haque Hasan from their Gulshan office and seized 130,000 yaba pills from their possession.
On July 15, 2012, the Speedy Trial Tribunal-4 of Dhaka sentenced 79 years of rigorous imprisonment to Amin and his partner Ahsanul in two cases filed with Gulshan Police Station.
On February 11, 2013, the HC granted bail to the businessman for six months on health grounds.
On May 5, the same year, following two government petitions, the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court cancelled Amin's HC bail and directed him to surrender before the trial court.
On June 2, 2013, a Dhaka court sent Amin Huda to jail rejecting his bail petition after his surrender.
Amin was in prison for almost seven years since then.
During this period, he was admitted to different hospitals, including BSMMU and Birdem.
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