Sultan Uddin, 40, and Yaruddin Sardar, 35, were declared dead after they were taken to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) from the jail.

A jail guard took Sultan to the DMCH at around 5:30am while Yaruddin was taken to the hospital at about 11:00am. Both were suffering from diseases, jail sources said.

DMCH sources said Sultan's body had a bandage for skin disease, but bore no marks of torture. None had come to receive the bodies.

Autopsies on the bodies will be performed today.