Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun dies in prison custody

Staff Correspondent

In Bangladesh, unnatural deaths in the custody of law enforcement agencies and amid tight prison security are increasing at an alarming rate. Human rights organizations have expressed concern over the deaths of more than fifty leaders of the Awami League and its affiliates in various prisons and police custody in the country since August last year.

Industries Minister Advocate Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun has died while admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital in prison custody. Minister Humayun was 76 years old at the time of his death.

He died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Monday (September 29) morning.

Dhaka Medical College Hospital Police Camp In-charge Inspector Md. Faruk confirmed this information. His son Manjurul Majid Mahmud Sadi also confirmed this information in the Facebook post.

Relatives said that after the fall of the Awami League government last year, he was arrested from Gulshan in the capital on September 25th. Since then, he has been imprisoned in Keraniganj Central Jail. On September 27th, he suddenly fell ill and was admitted to the ICU of Dhaka Medical College. He died there in the morning.

Family members allege that the Yunus government has physically and mentally tortured Industries Minister Advocate Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun in prison. As a result, he has been seriously ill for the past year. And in this way, he has been pushed to death.

Earlier, he was admitted to the ICU of Dhaka Medical College from Keraniganj Central Jail.

On the morning of September 25th last year, RAB’s media wing officer, Assistant Superintendent of Police ANM Imran Khan, announced that RAB had arrested MP and Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun from Gulshan in the capital.

He said that he was arrested on charges of assault, assault and murder on students and the public during the student movement against discrimination in the Madhabadi area of ​​Narsingdi on August 4th.

Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun was elected as a Member of Parliament from Narsingdi-4 (Manohardi-Belab) constituency as a nominated candidate from the Awami League in 1986. Later, he was elected as a Member of Parliament in the 9th and 10th National Parliament elections in 2008 and 2014.

He served as a member of the Standing Committee on the Ministry of Defense in the 9th Parliament and as the Chairman of the Standing Committee on the Ministry of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment and the Chairman of the Standing Committee on the Ministry of Commerce in the 10th Parliament.

Member of Parliament Advocate Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun was given the responsibility of the Industries Ministry after winning the 11th National Parliament election.