Shawdesh DEsk:

Police arrested five people, including the main accused, in a case filed over the death of Dr Abdur Rakib Khan, who died on Tuesday evening after being injured in a scuffle with a patient’s relatives at a private hospital, on Wednesday night.

The arrestees are identified as main accused Jamir, Abdur Rahim, Abul Ali, Golam Mostofa and Khadija.

The law enforcers conducted drives and arrested them from different areas including Gazipur’s Tongi and Khulna’s Rupsa, Khulna Metropolitan Police commissioner Khandakar Lutful Kabir said.

Earlier on Wednesday, Saiful Islam, a lecturer at Khulna Model School and College, younger brother of the deceased, filed a case against them with Khulna Sadar Police Station.

Rakib Khan, who was injured in a scuffle with a patient’s relatives at a private hospital, died on Tuesday evening while being treated at Shaheed Sheikh Abu Naser Specialised Hospital in Khulna.

The death of a mother after giving birth to a baby at the clinic led to the scuffle, said locals.

Saiful Islam, younger brother of the deceased doctor, claimed that some relatives of the patients attacked his brother on Monday, leaving him critically injured.

He was immediately taken to Gazi Medical College Hospital and later was shifted to Shaheed Sheikh Abu Naser Specialised Hospital. But he eventually succumbed to his injuries on Tuesday.

Dr Khan was the director of Raisa Clinic and Diagnostic Centre in Khulna and principal of Bagerhat Medical Assistants’ Training School.