College student shot in Dhaka's Manikdi
A college student was shot by unidentified assailants in
the Manikdi area under Cantonment Police Station in the capital early today (28
July).
The injured is Md Karim, 18, a
second-year student at Mirpur Bangla College.
The shooting occurred around
12:15am, after which Karim was taken to the emergency department of Dhaka
Medical College Hospital (DMCH) in critical condition.
His father Rafiqul Islam said that around 12:15am, he sent his son to a nearby
shop to buy mosquito coils.
After buying the coils, Karim spent
some time chatting with a friend named Tuhin before heading home.
As he was passing in front of a
building locally known as "32 Malik's Building" in the Amtala area,
unidentified assailants opened fire indiscriminately from the darkness, leaving
him with bullet injuries to both legs.
Locals rescued Karim and initially
took him to a private hospital in Kurmitola.
He was later shifted to DMCH.
Doctors performed surgery during
the night and removed a bullet from his right leg. The bullet that had struck
his left leg had reportedly come out at the scene of the incident.
Inspector Md Faruk, in-charge of
the DMCH police outpost, said Cantonment police have been informed about the
incident and are investigating it.
