A fourth-year student of Rajshahi University`s (RU) marketing department has died after falling off the roof of a residential hostel of the university, with other pupils attacking the Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) citing reluctance in treatment.
The deceased is Shahriar, hailing from Birol upazila of Dinajpur. He was a resident student of the Shaheed Habibur Rahman Hall.
Students of the hall said that he fell from the roof of the third floor of block 3 of the residential hall around 8 pm on Wednesday.
Later, he was brought to RMCH with serious injuries and the doctor on duty declared him dead.
Agitated RU students reportedly ransacked the hospital on the news of the death, alleging negligence in treatment.
Police were deployed to control the situation, said the hospital authority.
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