A Dhaka University teacher’s daughter allegedly fell down an empty lift shaft at a residential building in the capital’s Lalbagh area and died yesterday evening.
The deceased, Nazat Fayeda Satta,18, was the daughter of Md Mujibul Haque and Mehejabin Haque. Mehejabin is an associate professor at the psychology department in Dhaka University.
Nazat completed her higher secondary education from Dhaka City College this year and was preparing to appear in university entrance tests. The family lives in the university staff quarters at Fuller Road.
Mujibul, the victim’s father, told the Dhaka Tribune: “She went to her friend’s home at China Bhaban in Lalbagh. It is a six-storey building and the lift has not been installed yet.”
Nazat allegedly fell down the lift shaft and sustained critical injuries. She was rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital, where the doctors on duty pronounced her dead around 6:20pm.
When this report was filed, the family had submitted an application to acquire the dead body without a post-mortem, sources at the DMCH said.
Sub-Inspector Uday Kumar Mondol of Lalbagh police station told the Dhaka Tribune: “We heard about the incident, but we do not have sufficient information on it yet.”