Khadiza seeks blessings for early recovery

More than one and a half month into the brutal attack on her, Sylhet college student Khadiza Begum Nargis appeared before a press conference at Square Hospitals in Dhaka and sought blessings of all for her early recovery.

“You have prayed for me. I hope you will pray for me in future also,” Khadiza said at the conference.

She also expressed her gratitude to the hospital authorities and media.

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About her release from the hospital, Mirza Nazim Uddin, director of the hospital’s medical services, said the decision is now on medical board formed for her treatment.

“She [Khadiza] needs to undergo therapies for her rehabilitation,” he told reporters at a press briefing at the hospital premise.

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On October 3, Khadiza was hacked brutally by Badrul Alam, a fourth-year student at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (Sust) and also senior assistant secretary of the BCL unit in Sust.

She was hacked on the campus of Sylhet MC College where the 23-year-old had gone to sit for an examination. Locals caught Badrul as he tried to flee the scene and handed him to police. He later confessed before a Sylhet magistrate that he had tried to kill Khadiza.

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Khadiza was first taken to Sylhet Osmani Medical College Hospital from where she was moved to Dhaka. She is now undergoing treatment at the Square Hospitals. She was in a coma when she was admitted to Neuro Intensive Care Unit of the hospital and was put on life support, which was removed recently after her condition improved gradually.

Meanwhile, on November 15, a Sylhet court took into cognisance the charge sheet against suspended Badrul in connection with the gruesome attack.

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The court accepted the charge sheet and fixed November 29 for hearing on charge framing against Badrul.

Harun-ur Rashid, a sub-inspector of Shahparan Police Station, submitted the charge sheet before the court on November 8 against Badrul, the lone accused in the case.