DHAKA: A student who suffered critical bullet injuries in the head in Tanti Bazar area of the capital during the anti-discrimination student movement on August 5, died in a city hospital today. Abdullah, a fourth-year student of political sciences department at the Government Shahid Suhrawardy College breathed his last at Combined Military Hospital (CMH), Dhaka at 7 am in the morning after more than three months he suffered bullet injuries. According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, Abdullah's namaz-e-janaza was held on the ground of Government Shahid Suhrawardy College prior to Maghrib prayer, as confirmed by officer-in-charge of Sutrapur Police Station Md Saiful Islam. The body of Abdullah was later taken to Central Shaheed Minar, where advisers of the interim government and coordinators of the anti-discrimination student movement would pay due respect to him. Saiful Islam further stated that after the homage at Central Shaheed Minar, Abdullah's body will be taken to his village home in Jashore for burial. Prior to these proceedings, the body was sent to Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital morgue for autopsy.
