Dhaka, April 5 -- Md Ashiqur Rahman Hridoy, a teenager who was shot during the student protests in Dhaka last year, has died while undergoing treatment in Patuakhali.

The 17-year-old passed away on Friday afternoon at the Bauphal Upazila Health Complex, eight months after being shot in the Jatrabari area of the capital.

Hridoy was the son of rickshaw driver Ansar Hawlader from Paschim Jauta village in Bauphal.

Bauphal Upazila Health Officer Abdur Rauf said, "Hridoy was brought to the hospital in critical condition around noon. Due to the severity of his condition, we referred him to Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital in Barishal. However, the family couldn't transfer him in time. He passed away later in the afternoon."

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