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By Sumon Corraya
Dissident writer Mushtaq Ahmed passed away yesterday at Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmad Medical College Hospital in Dhaka a few days after suffering a heart attack in his cell at the Kashimpur High Security Prison.
At least, that is the official version released by the authorities; however, a doctor at the hospital claims Ahmed was already dead when he arrived at the hospital, after being he was removed from his prison cell.
Security forces arrested him last May and indicted him for violating the Digital Security Act after he criticised the Government of Bangladesh in a Facebook post.
In it, the intellectual complained that certain VIPs were getting special priority in COVID-19 treatment and that some doctors were not getting paid. The 53-year-old was also very critical of the government on a number of issues.