Meghmallar taken to hospital after being found unconscious

Former president of a faction of the Dhaka University unit of the Bangladesh Students’ Union, Meghmallar Bosu has been hospitalised after being found unconscious at Dhaka’s Suhrawardy Udyan.

He was rescued from near the Ramna Gate late Monday night and taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital around 12:30am.

Inspector Habibur Rahman, chief of the hospital’s police camp, said Meghmallar was under medical observation and, according to doctors, was “out of danger”.

Friends at the hospital said Meghmallar had posted what appeared to be a “suicide note” on Facebook shortly before he was found.

In the post, he referred to personal depression, guilt, family matters and experiences from his political life.

He also asked friends and fellow activists not to blame his former girlfriend for his death and urged them to look after his mother and family.

The post prompted Dhaka University students and leaders of several student organisations to search for him.

Abdul Kader, a coordinator of the Anti-discrimination Student Movement, eventually found him unconscious near the gate of Suhrawardy Udyan and helped take him to hospital.

Doctors performed gastric lavage after his admission. He is now receiving treatment in Bed 3 of Room 602 at Dhaka Medical College Hospital.�" bdnews24