Siddiqur finally attends exams Oct 24
Siddiqur Rahman has lost his eyesight in police action while demanding the announcement of dates for examinations under Dhaka University and finally, from October 24, he will be able to attend his third-year final exams.
A student of political science at Titumir College in Dhaka, Siddiqur will however have to be accompanied by Sadia Arefin Mumu, a second-year philosophy student at the same college, who will assist him as a scribe.
Siddiqur yesterday said to The Daily Star, “It's great news that I'll take the exam for which I lost my eyes. Nevertheless, I wished to continue my studies. Now it's happening.”
DU Exam Controller Bahalul Haque Chowdhury confirmed the acceptance of Siddiqur's application regarding attending the exams with a scribe.
On July 20, Siddiqur was injured when a policeman lobbed a teargas canister directly at him during a demonstration of students of seven Dhaka University-affiliated colleges in the capital to press home their seven-point demands that included announcement of honours-level exam dates.
The government sent Siddiqur to India for treatment on July 27. Doctors tried in vain to restore his eyesight. The government on September 13 employed him Essential Drug Company Limited as a telephone operator.
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