Woman dies after being hit, dragged under car at DU campus

A woman died after being hit by and dragged under a car on the Dhaka University campus on Friday.

The deceased Rubina Akter, 45, was a resident of the capital's Hajaribagh area.

"The woman was brought to Dhaka Medical College Hospital in a critical condition and died while undergoing treatment," said Nur Mohammad, officer-in-charge of Shahbagh police station.

Azhar Zafar Shah, former Dhaka University assistant professor of international relations, was driving the car.

He was also undergoing treatment at the same hospital following an attack by angry pedestrians after the accident, OC Nur Mohammad said.

"Rubina Akter was returning home on her brother-in-law's motorcycle. The car hit their bike from behind near the Dhaka University central mosque. She fell from the bike and got stuck under the bumper of the car," said Shoaib Ahmed, a Dhaka University student, citing the victim's brother-in-law.

"The vehicle did not stop and dragged her several hundred yards, from the Central Mosque to Nilkhet."

Later, local people stopped the car and rushed Rubina Akter to the hospital, where she succumbed to her injuries.

The Dhaka University unit of the Bangladesh Chhatra Union condemned the incident and expressed anger over the issue.

Apart from taking legal action against the person responsible, the organisation demanded that rampant movement of motor vehicles on the campus be stopped and a speed limit be set so that such incidents do not recur, according to a statement issued after the accident.