Rubel Ahmed

Rubel Ahmed (died 5 September 2014) was a 26-year-old Bangladeshi immigrant to Britain, who died in Morton Hall immigration detention centre in controversial circumstances.

[1] Rubel Ahmed was the son of Abdul Jalil from Sangirai village, Bishwanath Upazila.

On 22 July 2014 he was taken from a restaurant in Kent by Immigration Enforcement officers, and held in detention.

[2] On the night of his death, according to other detainees at Morton Hall, Ahmed started complaining of chest pains at around 9.30pm.

[3] Ahmed's family only heard of his death after a fellow detainee contacted his solicitor the next day.