Two more people, who suffered bullet wounds during the recent clashes centring the quota reform movement, died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Thursday The deceased are Zaman Mia, 19, a garment worker in Narsingdi, and Zakir Hossain, 29, an employee of a tailoring shop in Dhaka's Rayerbagh area, according to the DMCH death register and the victims' family members.
Zaman suffered bullet wounds in his abdomen on the afternoon of July 21. He was rushed to DMCH and admitted to the high dependency unit, where he died around 6:00am, said his elder brother Raihan Mia.
So far, 81 deaths have been reported in Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) in the recent nationwide unrest and violent clashes centring quota reform movement.
Of these, 60 people were brought dead to the hospital, while the rest died while undergoing treatment.
Meanwhile, 275 people are still under treatment in the hospital. Most of the casualties were from gunshot wounds. With the two deaths, at least 160 lives have been lost since last Thuesday, Thirty people died on Thursday, 66 on Friday, 25 on Saturday, 14 on Sunday, six on Monday, three on Tuesday, four on Wednesday and two on Thursday.
However, according to a source of DMCH, the autopsies of 90 people were conducted at DMCH morgue from July 17 to 24.
