Another BDR man dies of 'heart failure'
Another jawan of Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) of 46 rifles battalion died of heart failure at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) yesterday.
The deceased, Nayek Subedar Munshi Belal Hossain, 53, hailed from Khulna Sadar, was recruited in BDR in 1976.
With his demise, the number of unnatural death of BDR jawans rose to 27 since the February 25-26 mutiny at BDR headquarters in the capital.
A BDR press release said Belal went to Sapahar Thana Health Complex on May 30 from Radhanagar border outpost with fever. After treatment he was sent back to his duty station.
Belal was taken to the battalion headquarters at Naogaon on instructions of the authorities on June 2 as he continued to suffer from fever and was under treatment of the sector medical officer till June 9.
The next day he was admitted to
His death certificate cited 'irreversible cardio-respiratory failure with heomoepysis and ARDS' as the cause of his death, it said.
The body will be sent to his home by BDR, it added.
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