A constable of Armed Police Battalion (APBn) has died after falling prey to a doping gang.

The deceased was identified as Mir Abdul Hannan, who was posted at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital. Victim’s brother-in-law Abdul Momen said Hannan was going to his native village in Satkhira by a bus on Sunday morning.

The policeman was taken to Sir Salimullah Medical College and Mitford Hospital where he died around 11:30pm, said Ziaul Haque, additional superintendent of APBn.