Madrasa girl Nusrat Jahan Rafi who died after being set on fire was laid to eternal rest at her village home in Sonagazi upazila on Thursday evening.
She was buried at their family graveyard at Char Chandia village following a namaz-e-janaza at Mohammad Saber Pilot High School ground around 5:50pm. Nusrat’s father Maulana KM Musa, also a madrasa teacher, conducted the janaza attended by thousands of people.
A pall of gloom descended on the school field as Musa broke down in tears at that time.
Deputy Commissioner Wahiduzzaman, Superintendent of Police SM Jahangir Alam Sarker, Additional Deputy Commissioner PKM Enamul Karim, Sonagazi Upazila Parishad Chairman Jahir Uddin and Upazila Nirbahi Officer Sohel Parvez, among others, joined the janaza.
After fighting for her life for five days, Nusrat who was set afire in Songazi upazila of Feni succumbed to her injuries at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) in the capital on Wednesday night.
The body was handed over to the family following an autopsy on Thursday morning.
The body was brought to her village home in the afternoon. An ambulance carrying the body arrived at her home around 5pm.
A heart-rending scene was created at that time as tears rolled down the cheeks of relatives, classmates, other students of the madrasa as well as locals.
