A jewellery shop worker who was burnt when pickets hurled petrol bomb at a human hauler at Laxmi Bazar in the capital Sunday during the opposition-enforced 84-hour hartal died in the burn unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital this morning.
Montu Chandra Paul, 32, succumbed to his injuries around 7:45am, said Dr Samanta Lal Sen, project director of the DMCH.
Family members of the deceased hartal victim Montu Chandra Paul wail at the capital’s Dhaka Medical College Hospital today. The 32 years old jewellery shop worker was severely burnt in a petrol bomb attack while travelling by a human haulier in Laxmi Bazar Sunday evening. Photo: Amran Hossain
This took the total number of innocent civilian casualties in the last 20 days to five.
Hailed from Narayanganj, Montu worked at jewellery shop at Tanti Bazar.
The condition of Montu worsened Monday.
Doctors said 90 percent of his body was burned and there was little hope of his survival.
Two more victims—Nasima Begum and Abul Kashem — of arson during hartal died in the burn unit of DMCH yesterday.
Source: The Daily Star
