Student dies after brawl with flatmate

N INDIAN student has been found dead, while another was found injured in a flat in Chittagong, Bangladesh.

The deceased was identified as Ateef Sheikh, 25, a final year MBBS student at the University of Science and Technology Chittagong (USTC), the Daily Star quoted Alamgir Hossain, officer-in-charge of the Akbar Shah Police Station, as saying.

Another Indian student, identified as Winson Singh, 23, was also found hanging from a ceiling fan at the same flat in Akbar Shah locality, the police said.

Both men were from India’s north-eastern Manipur state.

The incident took place at about 11pm on Friday.

According to local media reports, Singh allegedly stabbed Sheikh to death during an altercation before trying to hang himself.

Singh was, however, rescued by other flatmates and both were taken to Chittagong Medical College Hospital on Saturday morning, Bdnews24. com reported.

Sheikh died while en-route to hospital and had 15 injury marks on his body.

“It appears that Ateef and one of his roommates, Winson, were drunk when they brawled. During the fisticuffs, Ateef ’s throat was hit with something sharp that caused severe bleeding,” said Md Jashimuddin, sub-inspector at Akbar Shah police station.

Another student, Neeraj Guru, who shared the same flat with Sheikh and Singh, said both men were drinking alcohol in their rooms and then he heard noises.

He tried to open the door which was locked from the inside.

After he managed to open the door, Guru found Sheikh in a pool of blood and Singh hanging from a fan.

Neighbours helped Guru take the two men to the hospital, said a police official.

No one had been arrested yet and an investigation was on, the police said. – IANS