Three people, including the president of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (Kuet) unit, died and 20 others fell sick after taking spurious liquor at Bhagjote area under Daulatpur upazila of Kushtia on Sunday night.
The dead are AKM Ahsan Ullah Mehedi, 24, president of BCL Kuet unit, Mohon Sarder, 24, a BCL activist, and Ujjal Hossain, 45, of Gaznabipur village in Sadar upazila of Kushtia.
Mohon and Ujjal died on Sunday night while Mehedi early yesterday.
Kuet BCL president Mehedi along with Mohon Sakil and Imran came to Madapur village in Daulatpur upazila on Sunday to attend a marriage ceremony of their friend Atiqur Rahman, report our Khulna and Kushtia correspondents.
After attending the wedding ceremony, they consumed liquor at a place in Bhagjote char area in Daulatpur upazila on Sunday night and returned to Purbasha residential Hotel at Beramara upazila.
Mehedi, Mohon, Sakil and Imran fell sick at the hotel. As they were found lying unconscious in their room, hotel staff took them to Bheramara Health Complex where the doctors declared Mohon dead.
Later, Mehedi, Imran and Sakil were shifted to Kushtia Sadar Hospital for better treatment. As Mehedi's condition deteriorated, he was referred to Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital where he died at 1:00pm yesterday.
Sakil and Imran were brought to Khulna Medical College and Hospital by their relatives on Monday night.
Ujjal was one of the 20 other people who also fell sick after drinking toxic liquor at the same place. He died at Kushtia Sadar Hospital on Sunday night. The rest are undergoing treatment at different hospitals and clinics in Kushtia.
Kuet Vice Chancellor prof Muhammod Alamgir and all teachers, officials and employees of the university have expressed deep shock at the death of BCL leader Mehedi, also a final year student of civil engineering department.
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