<i>Nasirullah's death shatters dreams of his family</i>
Air became heavy as the death news of Rajshahi University student Nasirullah Al Nasim reached his Chalknarendra village home in Shibganj upazila of Chapainawabganj.
Nasim's mother Jannatun Nesa fell unconscious while his three sisters Monira Begum, Sumaiya Khatun and Afroza Khatun were too grief-stricken to speak.
Nasim, a fourth year student of history department of RU and an activist of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), was critically injured as supporters of a faction of BCL beat him up following a row over distribution of iftar token on the occasion of National Mourning Day at Shah Makhdoom Hall in RU on August 15.
Later, the attackers pushed him down from the first floor of the hall, leaving him unconscious.
Residents of the hall rushed Nasim to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital. As his condition deteriorated, doctors sent him to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH). After fighting for life for eight days, he died at DMCH on Monday afternoon.
"Nasim's father Moslem, who serves as a teacher of a school at Chandpur village in Shibganj upazila, often told us that he would like to see his son as a university teacher. But the tragic death shattered all his dreams," said his neighbour Zaman.
Sirajul Islam, who taught Nasim at school, said, "He was a brilliant student. He got scholarship in classes five and eight. He was the only brother of three sisters who also dreamt that their brother would be an ideal man as a university teacher."
Our Rajshahi Correspondent adds: Nasim's body was taken to RU campus where his namaj-e-janaja was held yesterday. He was buried at the graveyard of his village in the evening.
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