A 50-year-old rickshaw puller died from suspected heat stroke in Sylhet city’s Chauhatta area on Saturday morning.

The deceased was identified as Abul Hashem, 50, of Sunamganj, said Md Moinuddin, officer-in-charge (OC) of Kotwali Police Station.

Abul Hashem fainted and fell from the rickshaw all of a sudden, around 11 am, he said.

Traffic police and locals moved his body to a nearby police box, where he died.

The dead body was sent to Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College, added the OC.