N`ganj mosque blast: Another burn victim dies

Another person, who sustained burn injuries in connection with the explosion at a mosque of Pashchim Talla area at Fatullah in Narayanganj, has passed away, raising the total death toll to 34.

He was known as Shahadat Hossain Sifat, 19. He breathed his last while undergoing treatment at Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery in the capital around 10:30 am on Tuesday (September 22).

Dr Partha Shankar Pal, resident physician of Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery, confirmed the news.

“50 per cent of Sifat’s body was burnt in the blast. He was undergoing treatment at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the hospital. Two other persons are still undergoing treatment at the hospital and their condition is also critical,” he said.

People who died in the incident so far are: Imam Abdul Malek, 60, Muazzin Delowar Hossain, 48, his son Junaid, 17, two siblings Jubair, 18, and Sabbir, 21, Quddus Bepari, 72, Mostafa Kamal, 34, Rashed, 30, Humayun Kabir, 72, Jamal Abedin, 40, Ibrahim Biswas, 43, Rifat, 18, Mainuddin, 12, Joynal, 38, Noyon, 27, Nizam, 34, Rasel, 34, Kanchan Hawlader, 50, Jubair, 7, Nadim, 45, Bahar Uddin, 55, Shamim Hassan, 45, Julhas, 35, Mohammad Ali, 55, Abul Bashar Molla, 51, Monir Forazi, 30 and Imran Hossain, 30, Abdul Hannan, 50, Abdus Sattar, 40, Sheikh Farid, 21, Nazrul Islam, 50 and Abdul Aziz, 50, Md Farid, 50, and Shahadat Hossain Sifat, 19.

The blast incident occurred around 8:45pm on Friday (September 4) at Pashchim Talla Baitus Salam Mosque in Pashchim Talla area under Narayanganj sadar upazila.