[Bangla Daily Star] Another jawan of Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) died of heart failure in Khagrachhari yesterday.| Dang! I had my money on cirrhosis! |
With his death, 26 BDR jawans died since the February 25-26 mutiny at BDR headquarters in the capital.
A BDR press release said Mazid went to Matiranga Bazar, some seven kilometres off the battalion headquarters, yesterday morning. He later felt sick and got into a local vehicle, it said.
The release also said Mazid reached the battalion headquarters shortly. Then he was rushed to Matiranga Upazila Health Complex at about noon where doctors declared him dead at 12:20 pm, it said. His body will be sent to his village home by BDR after the postmortem, it added.