ANWAR ALI, Rajshahi

The cause of Sultana Jasmine’s death was brain haemorrhage due to excessive stress and a sudden rise in blood pressure, forensic experts of Rajshahi Medical College said yesterday.

“As her blood pressure shot up due to stress, two blood vessels inside her brain swelled up and ruptured, causing internal bleeding,” Kafil Uddin, associate professor and head of RMC’s forensic medicine department, said while explaining the outcome of the autopsy to reporters who went to the hospital for updates.

“Ultimately, her body went into a shock,” he said, adding that shock is a medical condition when the brain stops receiving oxygen and other nutrients.

Meanwhile, Sultana’s maternal uncle Nazmul Haque Montu held the Rab members, who kept her in custody till her burial, responsible for the death.

“While in their custody, they obviously did something that caused her death,” he told The Daily Star yesterday.

Sultana, 41, an office assistant of Naogaon’s Chandipur union land office, died on March 24, two days after she was detained on her way to work.

A day after her death, a three-member medical board, led by Prof Kafil, conducted the autopsy and finalised the report on April 1 after laboratory tests.