Still unknown, girl loses her fight for life
She had lived her last 12 days as an unknown, victim of a possible murder attempt, lying unconscious at Dhaka Medical College Hospital and finally gave up her fight for life yesterday morning.
The girl, who was rescued on July 8 from a hotel in the capital's Shyamoli, died in her unconscious state as she was found.
She had been kept under observation at the hospital's neurosurgery department where her physical condition remained unchanged and showed no signs of improvement.
Asit Chandra Sarkar, head of the department, earlier said someone tried to kill her by strangling her. During the process, her brain did not receive enough oxygen, leading to her senseless state.
Police tried to know the girl's identity by matching her fingerprints with those stored in the database of National ID, but they failed as she didn't have any ID issued to her, the OC said.
As there was no acquaintance around, the hospital authorities tried to provide the girl with better care on humanitarian grounds, DMCH doctors said. Police also took photographs of the girl and sent them to different police stations.
However, before police could find her identity and her family, she was declared dead around 7:30am yesterday, said Jamaluddin Mir, officer-in-charge of Mohammadpur police.
On July 8 evening, the authorities of Tazil Hotel heard a groaning sound from inside a room and informed Mohammadpur police.
A team of police led by SI Azizul then rescued the girl with swellings and scar marks on the face and around the neck, and took her to nearby Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital.
As her condition remained unchanged, she was shifted to the DMCH the next day.
Quoting the hotel authorities, OC Jamaluddin said a man identifying himself as Ashraful had checked in the hotel with the girl on the morning of July 8. They introduced themselves as husband and wife.
Hotel staff could only say that the man left the place that evening, the police official said, adding that it might be a murder attempt.
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