Staff Reporter :
A madrasah student was electrocuted during Hefajat-e Islam’s thanksgiving rally (Shokrana Mahfil) organised by Alem and Ulema of Qawmi Madrasah under Al-Haiyatul Ulia Lil-Jamiatil Qawmia at Suhrawardy Udyan in the city’s Shahbagh area on Sunday morning.
The deceased was identified as Saiful Islam, 22, a student of Bijoynagar Islampur Title Madrasah in Bijoynagar upazila of Brahmanbaria.
He is son of Moslem Uddin, a resident of Dhanbazar village in Madabpur Upazila of Habiganj district..
Saiful came in contact with a live electric wire near the boundary wall of Suhrawardy Udyan around 12:48 noon and was severely injured. Later, he was taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) where the on-duty doctors declared him dead, said Bachchu Mia, Sub-Inspector (SI) of DMCH Police Camp.
Meanwhile, police detained two youths for their alleged suspicious activities at Shahbagh intersection of Dhaka yesterday morning.
The youths were picked up due to their suspicious movement around 9:30am, Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Gulnahar, also duty officer of the Shahbagh Police Station,
The detainees are Abidur Rahman, 19, and Abdullah Al Mamun, 20, he said.
Police seized a pepper spray canister from one of the youths’ possession, the ASI said.
Al-Hiyatul Ulya Lil-Zami’atil Qawmiya Bangladesh, a combine of Qawmi education boards led by Shafi, organised a rally today in the Suhrawardy Udyan to hail the passage of a bill making the Dawra-e-Hadith degree equivalent to master’s in Islamic studies and Arabic.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina joined the programme titled “Shokrana Mahfil” as the chief guest while Hefajat-e Islam supremo Shah Ahmed Shafi presided at.
Since morning, thousands of Hefajat activists participated in the rally to express gratitude to the Prime Minister for giving recognition of top Qawmi degree.
