Ctg student injured during Anti-Discrimination Protest dies

A student of a private university, who sustained critical injuries during the recent student protest in Chattogram's New Market area, died on Sunday night.

The deceased Kawsar Mahmud, 22, was a student of BGC Trust University, 

Kawsar had been fighting for his life for over two months. He was receiving treatment at Dhaka's Combined Military Hospital (CMH), where he succumbed to his injuries at around 10:30 PM on Sunday, confirmed his father, Abdul Motaleb.

Kawsar's body was taken to their family home on Commerce College Road in Chattogram.

On August 3, the protest turned violent when police fired tear gas and members of the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) assaulted protesters. A tear gas shell struck Kawsar causing him to collapse. BCL activists beat him afterward, resulting in severe injuries, including critical damage to his kidneys. 

Kawsar had already lost function in one kidney prior to the incident and had been receiving treatment at Islami Bank Hospital in Chattogram before being transferred to CMH for advanced care.