Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked the law enforcement agencies to take stern actions against the killers of Sonagazi madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi, bringing them to book.
“The prime minister directed the law enforcement agencies to bring the culprits who are involved in the killing of Nusrat to book and take punitive action against them,” PM’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim said.
The prime minister expressed deep shock and sorrow at the tragic death of Nusrat, who was set on fire on April 6 and succumbed to her injuries at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital on Wednesday night, he said.
Sheikh Hasina prayed for eternal peace of her departed soul and conveyed profound sympathy to the bereaved family.
“Nusrat died around 9.30pm last night,” Dr Samanta Lal Sen, chief coordinator at the Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH), told reporters.
Earlier, the prime minister directed health authorities to ensure best possible treatment for the 18-year-old Nusrat.
“The prime minister called me up and asked us to take steps to send her to Singapore for her better treatment,” Dr Sen told reporters on Monday afternoon.
He said the prime minister issued directives to contact a Singapore hospital and “send her there, if they (Singapore hospital) agree to treat her”.
But doctors at the facility said Nusrat could not be taken abroad for treatment as her condition was too critical with 80 per cent of her body, including the respiratory system, burned severely .
Nusrat had accused Feni’s Sonagazi Islamia Senior Fazil Madrasa principal Sirajuddoula of sexual harassment only to be exposed to his extreme vengeance on April 6 when she went to the madrasa to appear in the HSC equivalent ‘Alim’ examination, BSS reported.
A group of burqa-clad youths, reported to be the principal’s stooges, took Nusrat to the rooftop and set her on fire in their bid to kill her.
Feni police said the principal was already behind the bar in another case while they launched a manhunt to catch the culprits who tried to kill her.
