Overview
- Babul (Bablu) Das, 25, a deaf and mute fisherman from Kakdwip in South 24 Parganas, died while held as an undertrial in a Bangladesh correctional facility.
- The Bangladesh Deputy High Commission in Kolkata informed relatives that he died of a heart attack, according to police and family accounts.
- His brother questioned the official version and alleged custodial torture, calling for a probe and a second autopsy after repatriation.
- Das was among about 34 Indian fishermen detained in mid-July after two Kakdwip trawlers, FB Mangalchandi and FB Jhar, were seized for allegedly entering Bangladeshi waters.
- Sundarban Shramjivi Matsya Union secretary Satinath Patra met the family and said efforts are underway to expedite the return of the body to West Bengal.