A death-row convict who took part in the Bangladesh Rifles mutiny has died at a hospital in Dhaka. Abdul Baten, 70, was rushed from Kashimpur High-Security Prison in Gazipur to Dhaka Medical College Hospital, where doctors declared him dead around 2 am Saturday, said Inspector Md Bachchu Mia, chief of the hospital's police outpost. Baten was initially moved to the prison hospital and later to Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmad Medical College Hospital, Subrata said. “He was then transferred to Dhaka Medical College Hospital as his condition did not improve.”Baten was behind bars in the BDR mutiny case since Dec 20, 2013. Pintu died in prison before the High Court verdict and Torab was acquitted during the

Source: bd News24 February 25, 2023 23:49 UTC