HSC candidate falls to death from Notre Dame College building

An HSC student has died after falling from a building at Notre Dame College in Dhaka.

The victim, identified as 18-year-old Dhrubabrata Das, had gone to the college to collect his admit card for the upcoming HSC exams.

While Dhrubabrata entered the campus, his father Banibrata Das waited outside the gate. He later saw a group of students carrying his son, injured and bleeding.

“I was waiting outside for my son. A short while later, when the gate opened, I saw several students carrying him,” said Banibrata.

Classmates first took Dhrubabrata to a nearby hospital and then brought him to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) around 4:15pm on Monday, where doctors declared him dead.

Md Faruk, chief of the DMCH Police Outpost, said the body has been kept in the hospital morgue for an autopsy.

The circumstances of the fall remain unclear.

A student named Nafiz Rahman recounted hearing a sudden noise and then seeing Dhrubabrata lying injured on the ground.

“We suspect he may have accidentally fallen from the balcony,” Nafiz said.

Banibrata said he "had no idea" how his son fell, adding: “I called my son from outside the gate. He told me he would be out in 5 to 10 minutes. Later, I found him seriously injured.”

Dhrubabrata was the eldest of two brothers. The family currently lives in Dhaka's Gopibagh.