A veteran Bangladesh politician, Bangladesh Awami League senior chief Ramesh Chandra Sen died on Saturday whereas in custody at Dinajpur District Jail.Sen, 83, reportedly grew to become unwell contained in the jail early Saturday morning and was taken to Dinajpur Medical Faculty Hospital, the place he was pronounced useless at round 9:29 am native time, in keeping with jail officers. Jail Superintendent Farhad Sarkar mentioned the physique could be handed over to his household as soon as all authorized procedures have been accomplished, as reported by ANI.
His dying, solely days earlier than the nation’s basic election scheduled for February 12, has heightened issues over the remedy of incarcerated political leaders and renewed allegations of custodial negligence. Organising Secretary of Bangladesh Awami League Central Committee Shafiul Alam Chowdhury Nadel, alleging negligence and calling out Yunus mentioned on X, “Ramesh Chandra Sen from a instructor to a politician and a public consultant. A five-time MP and former minister—this aged, ailing man was arrested and led away together with his arms tied. He has now handed away in Dinajpur jail because of an absence of medical remedy. Yunus, you have to reply for this.”President of Bangladesh College students’ League Saddam Hussein additionally claimed medical neglect saying, “Eighteen months in the past, this extensively revered, aged chief was attacked, humiliated by BNP-Jamaat mob and brought into police custody, with none particular expenses. One false and fabricated case after one other was imposed on him to justify his continued detention. Regardless of his deteriorating well being, he was intentionally denied bail, denied minimal medical remedy, and denied primary human rights.” “At 86 years of age, Sri Ramesh Chandra Sen was saved behind bars for one and a half years with out trial and with out correct medical care. This occurred underneath the unlawful, murderous-fascist Yunus regime, which selected cruelty over humanity and repression over the rule of regulation,” he added.Additional mentioning different Awami League politicians in custody he added, “In line with Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK), no less than 107 prisoners died in custody in 2025 alone—nearly all of them leaders and activists of the Awami League. In nearly each case, the authorities casually cited causes akin to “coronary heart assault” or “sudden sickness.” Regardless of clear authorized provisions, not a single custodial dying has been correctly investigated by this unlawful authorities.“The veteran Hindu chief had been in custody since August 16, 2024, after being arrested by police in Thakurgaon. “Bangladesh Police have arrested a Hindu chief of Awami League and put him on a farcical trial. Ramesh Chandra Sen, an octogenarian, was arrested from his home in Thakurgaon who was having his dinner. Surprisingly, he hails from Mirza Fakhrul’s constituency,” the Bangladesh Awami League had mentioned, simply days after his arrest practically two years in the past.A courtroom subsequently ordered his switch to Thakurgaon District Jail and later to Dinajpur. There, he was going through three circumstances, together with a homicide cost linked to the political turmoil that adopted a mass rebellion towards the federal government of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.Born on April 30, 1940, in Ruhia Union underneath Thakurgaon Sadar Upazila, Sen was elected a number of instances from the Thakurgaon-1 constituency to the Jatiya Sangsad. A presidium member of the Awami League, he secured his most up-to-date parliamentary victory within the 2024 basic election, earlier than the occasion was later barred from political exercise by the present interim administration.In the meantime, the interim authorities, headed by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus and tasked with overseeing the electoral course of for February 12 elections, has confronted criticism at dwelling and overseas over its human rights report. Opposition figures contend that deaths of outstanding detainees, significantly former Awami League leaders, level to systemic failings and lift issues concerning the adequacy of medical care in custody.His dying comes at a politically delicate second in Bangladesh, with the Awami League excluded from the forthcoming polls and rival events competing for benefit.
