DU student dies of ‘cardiac arrest’

A student of Dhaka University (DU) reportedly died of cardiac arrest at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Friday morning, reports UNB.

The deceased is Shaikot Mahmud, an Accounting and Information System department student of 2014-15 sessions.

Shaikot, hailing from Lakshmipur, was a resident student of Bijoy Ekattor Hall of the university.

Hall provost professor Abdul Bashir said Shaikot felt chest pain and informed his roommates around 10am. Then he was rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) where physicians declared him dead.

Physicians at the hospital said he died of cardiac arrest, he said.

After a namaz-e-janaza on Dhaka University campus the body was sent to his village home.