Of the seven people injured in an arson attack on the night of Shab-e-Barat in Comilla, one victim succumbed to his injuries early yesterday at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH).
The deceased, 60-year-old Ranjit Sharma, received severe burn injuries when miscreants torched a Rangamati-bound bus of Unique Paribahan on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway near Chandina upazila of Comilla.
Ranjit, a retired mathematics teacher of Rangamati College, died around 3am while undergoing treatment at the burn unit of DMCH.
“44% of his body, including the respiratory systems, were damaged,” said Dr Partha Shankar Pal, residential surgeon of the institute.
Family members of Ranjit received his body yesterday noon and said they would take the body to their native village for funeral.
The mysterious arson attack near the Jute Research Institute in Chandina injured seven people, five of who are still undergoing treatment at DMCH.
Among them, condition of Anjan Kumar Dey, 50, who is suffering from 18% burn and Khokon Chakma, 35, who has 28% burn were critical as per Dr Partha Shankar Pal.
Meanwhile, Probir Kumar Roy, sub-inspector of Chandina police station, filed a case accusing 15 named and 15 to 20 anonymous people in connection with the arson attack. Police, so far, arrested chief of Chandina Jamaat-e-Islami Abul Bashar, 60, and his seven associates.
Though two separate probe committee, one from district administration and another from the police, were formed, no headway has been made into the case till date.
Rasul Ahmed Nizami, officer in-charge of Chandina police station, said the investigation was underway and nothing could be disclosed before its completion.