Dhaka University student on hunger strike protesting rape of fellow

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Dhaka University student on hunger strike protesting rape of fellow

Shawdesh Desk: Sifatul Islam, a student of DU philosophy department, started a hunger strike in front of the Raju Sculpture protesting against the rape of a student and seeking justice for the girl.

He started the hunger strike at 4:00 am on Monday.

A second-year student of Dhaka University (DU) was allegedly raped in the city’s Kurmitola area on Sunday night.
The victim is now undergoing treatment at the One-Stop Crisis Centre (OSCC) of Dhaka Medical College Hospital, said DU Proctor AKM Golam Rabbani.

Bacchu Miah, inspector of DMCH police outpost, said the girl was hospitalised around 12:45am.

Classmates of the victim said she had been picked up by an unidentified man after she got down from the university bus around 7:00 pm and was made unconscious.

The victim regained consciousness around 10:00 pm and contacted her classmates. She was admitted to DMCH around midnight. On information, DU proctor, teachers and students visited her at the hospital.