Sherpur: A prisoner of Sherpur Jail died at Sadar Hospital of Sherpur on Saturday night after suffering hours from urination problem, reports UNB.

The deceased is Jewel Mia, believed to be 30, a resident of Nabinagar village in Sherpur municipality area.

Jewel Mia was arrested by police in narcotics cases on 10 February. Later, a court ordered to send him to jail.

On Saturday morning, he felt sick over urination problems.

As his condition did not improve for hours, members of the jail police rushed him to Sadar Hospital at about 8:30pm where he breathed his last at about 9:15pm.

Additional District Magistrate Md Farid Ahmed confirmed the incident.

Mobarak Hossain, resident medical officer of the hospital said it is primarily suspected that Jewel died due to kidney-related problem.

Anything final cannot be ascertained before the autopsy report, he added.