Contractor who set Himself on fire in front of Press Club dies

Gazi Anis, a contractor who set himself on fire at the National Press Club, has succumbed to his injuries in hospital care.

He died at 6.10 am on Tuesday while undergoing treatment at Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery with 80 per cent burns. 

Samanta Lal Sen, chief coordinator of the institute, confirmed the news. 

Anis, 50, a former president of the Bangladesh Chhatra League’s Kushtia district unit, took the step reportedly after he failed to realise Tk 12.6 million dues from a company.

Md Ali, a man who brought Anis to the hospital, said Anis told him on the way that a company named Henolux owes him Tk 12.6 million, but refused to pay. Anis had demonstrated earlier, demanding the dues, but to no avail.

Anis’s brother Nazrul Islam said they would take his body to their village home for burial after the autopsy.

“We rushed to Dhaka at night hearing the news but he died in the morning,” he said. Nazrul said the family would file a case over the inciden