A convicted in a case filed over the motorcade attack on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's convoy in 2002, died at a hospital in Satkhira district town on Sunday night.
The convicted was Abdus Sattar, 58, hailed from Koyla village under Kalaroa upazila in the district.
Satkhira Jail Superintendent Abul Bashar said Abdus Sattar had been in jail since 27 January 2021 following his conviction for the attack on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's motorcade on 30 August 2002. He was awarded with a three-and-a-half-year jail in three separate cases.
"Around 7:30pm on Sunday, Abdus Sattar reported having chest pain. Initially, he was taken to the prison hospital and then, transferred to Satkhira Sadar Hospital where the on-duty doctor declared him dead around 8.20pm," said the jail superintendent.
Dr Saiful Islam, a doctor of the emergency department in the hospital, said Abdus Sattar had suffered a heart attack before being taken to the hospital.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's motorcade was attacked on 30 August 2002 in front of the Kalaroa Upazila BNP office in Satkhira on her way to Magura after visiting a rape victim and wife of a freedom fighter at Satkhira Sadar Hospital.
Kalaroa Upazila Freedom Fighter Commander Moslem Uddin filed a case on the same day.
Upon investigating the case, police filed a charge sheet against 50 people.
In dealing with the three separate charge sheets filed under the attempted murder, explosives, and firearms acts, the lower court, on 4 February, gave the verdict for the attempted murder case.
All 50 accused were sentenced to different jail terms in that verdict.
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