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Chapainawabganj arson victim dies
Selim Sheikh, who suffered 50 percent burns in an arson attack during the BNP’s ongoing blockade, has died.
Published : 5 March 2015, 05:31 PM
Updated : 5 March 2015, 05:31 PM
He was admitted to the Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital on Thursday morning.
Hospital Director Brig Gen AKM Nasir Uddin said the 40-year-old’s windpipe had been badly damaged.
Over a hundred people have been killed during the BNP-led alliance’s agitation since Jan 5, mostly in fire bombing.
Sheikh, a truck driver’s assistant, was returning to Shibganj when blockade campaigners attacked the potato-laden truck with petrol bombs.
Driver Firoz Uddin, 30, and businessman Shaheb Ali, 40, were injured and the merchandise destroyed, Sheikh’s uncle ‘Ismail’ said.
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