Former Industries Minister Humayun Dies at Hospital While in Custody

Former industries minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun died on Monday morning while undergoing treatment at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH). 

Humayun, who was in jail custody, fell ill at Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj. Later, he was admitted to the DMCH yesterday. 

He had been in jail following his arrest in connection with cases of murder, attacks and vandalism during the anti-discrimination student movement in Narsingdi in July-August last year. 

Inspector Md Faruk, the in-charge of DMCH police outpost, told the media that the former industries minister breathed his last on Monday around 8:30 am.  

A jail notification also informed that Nurul Majid was admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital with uncontrolled bowel and bladder complications. 

He was shifted to the ICU yesterday (Sunday) around 4:00 pm as his condition deteriorated. 

Humayun was born in 1950. He served as the industries minister of the Awami League government from 2019 to 2024.

However, his son, Manzurul Majid Mahmud Sadi, also confirmed the death in a Facebook post this morning.

Nurul Majid, who was also a former member of parliament from the Narsingdi-4 constituency, was sent to jail by Narsingdi court in September last year in a case filed over the killing of a Sramik Dal leader, Jahangir Alam, during the movement in the Madhabdi municipality area on August 4.

Jahangir, vice-president of the ward-4 unit of Madhabdi municipality Sramik Dal, was shot during protests and later died at a hospital.

Jahangir's cousin Amir Hossain filed a case with Madhabdi Police Station on August 9 against 127 people, including the former industries minister. 
 
Later, Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested him in the capital's Gulshan area.