Rajshahi college student who set herself on fire dies at DMCH

The college student, who had set herself on fire in front of Shah Makhdum Police Station Complex in Rajshahi city on Saturday, succumbed at Dhaka Medical College Hospital this morning.

Liza Rahman, 18, a second-year student of Rajshahi Government Women’s College, breathed her last at the DMCH around 8:00am, our Rajshahi staff correspondent reports quoting Nayek Ripon of the hospital’s police camp.

Liza was brought to DMCH’s burn unit with a 60 per cent burn and severe inhalation injuries on Saturday.

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She set herself on fire near Shah Makhdum Police Station Complex, moments after she stepped out of the police station.

She was taken to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital by a team of Shah Makhdum police.

According to Golam Ruhul Kuddus, spokesperson of Rajshahi Metropolitan Police, Liza went to the police station at 11:30am on Saturday, asking them to help protect her marriage.

They sent her to the Victim Support Centre inside the complex in this regard, but she left the building without filing any complaint and set herself on fire, he said.

However, Liza’s brother Shihab Ahmed, 25, alleged that she lost all hope as police refused to help her.

“Her in-laws are powerful and they might have influenced the police somehow,” Shihab said.

In January this year, Liza married one Shakhawat Hossain of Chapainawabganj through an affidavit made at a Gaibandha court.