Police firing during uprising puts JU student Shakil in misery
City Desk :
Shakil Ali, a post graduate student of Jahangirnagar University, will not be able to participate in master’s final examination this year as he is failing to do anything with his right hand after receiving bullet wounds during anti-discrmination student movement.
The master’s final examination will begin on December 31, but Shakil, a history department student, is still in hospital bed as the nerves in his right hand were damaged badly in police firing during the July movement, reports BSS.
Now, he is unable to write or do any other work normally with his right hand as severe nerve injuries have left his hand with a condition of impairment.
During the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement, a blood-stained picture of a student of Jahangirnagar University spread across the country. A protesting student was carrying another protester wearing a Bangladeshi jersey who was injured in the police firing and bleeding.
When that blood-stained picture of Shakil spread across the country through social media, the students became more energetic and accelerated the movement.
On July 15 midnight, Chhatra League activists and policemen brutally attacked the protesting students in front of the vice-chancellor’s residence.
Protesting the incident, thousands of general students of the university also joined the movement. On July 16, the movement gained momentum.
To thwart that movement, the university administration announced the closure of the university in an emergency syndicate meeting on July 17 and directed all students to leave the halls.
When the students ignored the university decesion, the university authorities brought police to tacke the situation. The armed police attacked the students and fired tearshells and pellets arbitrarily leaving many students injured.
Shakil, who was in the front row of the movement, was seriously injured. His classmates rushed him to the university medical center immediately.
Around 93 pellets hit Shakil’s body. He received treatment at Enam Medical College & Hospital at Savar, Ibn Sina College Hospital and Labaid Specialized Hospital in the capital.
