A burn victim of the violence over how the upcoming national elections will take place succumbed to his injuries in the port city Tuesday afternoon.
Mizan, 20, helper of the van set ablaze in Chittagong earlier in the day succumbed to his injures at Chittagong Medical College Hospital around 5:30pm.
CMCM police outpost Sub-Inspector Zahirul Islam confirmed the time of death.
In the early hours of Tuesday, pickets hurled petrol bombs at a covered van at Cement Crossing area. Three people sustained burn injuries at scene.
Driver Mohammad Mahbub died when brought to CMCH. Two others, Mizan and Suman Kumar Das were undergoing treatments before Mizan succumbed.
This raises the death toll for Tuesday to eight.