Siddiqur flown to India for eye treatment

Md. Siddiqur Rahman, a student of Titumir College in the capital, who injured in the eyes in police action on student protests at Shahbagh in Dhaka on July 20, has been flown to Chennai in India for medical treatment.

The flight carrying Siddiqur left Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka at 1pm on Thursday.

Earlier, he started for the airport from National Institute of Ophthalmology in Agargaon around 10am.

Siddiqur’s elder brother Nayeb Ali and a doctor will accompany him to Sankara Nethralaya Hospital in Chennai of India.

The government will bear all expenses of his treatment, said a press release from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Wednesday.

Siddiqur’s eyes were damaged after a policeman, as seen in a video footage, shot a teargas canister directly at the agitating college students at Shahbagh on July 20. Siddiqur collapsed on the street instantly.

On July 22, Siddiqur underwent surgery at the National Institute of Ophthalmology and Hospital, but doctors said there is a little chance for him to recover fully.