Following Monday's incident of a 16-year-old ramming into two rickshaws with his SUV and allegedly killing a four year old child, social media has gone viral with the hashtags #ClassyKidsOfDhaka and #RichKidsOfDhaka, Instagram favourites among....well, the "rich kids of Dhaka." Or, "classy" as some of them apparently like to call themselves.
The 16-year-old, whose name is not mentioned because of his status as a minor, is said to have posted a photo on social media site Snapchat with the caption "My life > your life" (presumably meaning "my life is greater/better than your life") a couple of hours before the incident. The caption appeared on a picture of a bottle of whiskey next to the steering wheel, which was shared from his account.
Photo shared by the minor before the incident:
His caption proved true within a couple of hours when, despite ramming into two rickshaws and allegedly killing a child, he was allowed to walk free, seemingly due to his connections with a former Awami Leage (AL) lawmaker. He is the son of HBM Jahidur Rahman, chairman of INNOTEL, and Shaila Shelly Khan, a director of Premier Bank.
While certain reports claim there were no deaths, a report by Bangla Tribune has quoted Gulshan jail Officer-in-charge Sirajul Islam as confirming that a child was killed in the incident, which took place in Gulshan on Monday afternoon at around 4pm.
Many have speculated on social media that the minor left the country immediately after the incident. Regardless, his legacy has remained in Dhaka with the caption "My life > your life" and the hashtag #RichKidsofDhaka, which had been used in the Instagram account of #ClassykidsofDhaka, which the minor had been featured on.
Following the release of the photo, social media went viral with the hashtags #ClassykidsofDhaka, #RichKidsOfDhaka and the caption "My life > your life" as a mockery of the boy’s – and his friends’ – ridiculous blogging on social media about their affluence. Here's a list:
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