College Teacher Beaten by Students Dies in Savar

A college teacher, who suffered critical injuries allegedly after some students beat him up with a cricket stump in Savar, died at Enam Medical College and Hospital on early Monday, reports UNB.

The deceased is Utpal Kumar from Ullapara Upazila in Sirajganj district.

Nasir Uddin, operation theatre in-charge of Enam Medical College and Hospital, said that Utpal breathed his last while undergoing treatment at about 6:00 am on Monday.

Utpal was a lecturer at the Humanities Department of Hazi Yunus Ali School and College in Kathaltola area of Ashulia’s Jamgora, he added.  

Police said that Hazi Yunus Ali School and College arranged a cricket match on June 25.

"At about 2:00pm, some students suddenly hit Utpal with a cricket stump while he was standing on one side of the field following previous enmity, leaving him seriously injured,” he said.

Later, Utpal was rescued and admitted to Enam Medical College Hospital in Savar.

On information, police recovered the body and sent it to Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital morgue for an autopsy.

The accused, students of the same institution, have been absconding since the incident.

Efforts are on to arrest the suspects, said Emdadul Haque, sub-inspector of Ashulia Police Station.