A student who was injured in a counter attack by local people allegedly over attacking on the ousted Awami League government鈥檚 liberation war affairs minister AKM Mozammel Haque on February 7 night, died while undergoing treatment at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital Wednesday afternoon.
The deceased was identified as Abdul Kashem, 17, a resident under Gacha police station in Gazipur city, who died at about 3:00pm on Wednesday at the Intensive Care Unit of the hospital, according to police and victim鈥檚 family.
鈥楾he body was kept at the Dhaka Medical morgue for autopsy,鈥� said DMCH police outpost in-charge Md Faruk.
He said that Kashem had been taken to the DMCH at about 2:00am on February 8 in a critical condition, hours after he was injured in Gazipur.
Protesting at Kashem鈥檚 death, the Students Against Discrimination held a coffin procession at about 9:00pm on Wednesday following Kashem鈥檚 namaz-e-janaza at the Central Shaheed Minar in the capital Dhaka, demanding banning the Awami League.
Central convener of the platform Hasnat Abdullah in a Facebook post announced the coffin procession programme. He also announced coffin processions in districts, upazilas and unions across the country.
At least 15 students were injured in the counter attack as several dozens of students allegedly went to attack the residence of Mozammel.
A case was filed with the Gazipur Sadar police station on February 9, mentioning names of 239 people and 200-300 unnamed others over the attack on members of the Students against Discrimination.
Gazipur Sadar police station officer-in-charge Md Mehedi Hasan told 抖阴精品 that at least 160 people, including 28 on Wednesday, had been arrested so far in this connection.
