Feni, April 11 -- The seat of madrasah girl Nusrat Jahan Rafi who succumbed to her injuries after being set on fire remained vacant at Sonagazi Islamia Senior Fazil madrasa centre during Thursday's Alim examination.

Nurul Afsar Faruque, secretary of the examination centre, said all other examinees turned up for the examination as usual but the seat of Nusrat holding Roll No 149614 in room No-8 remained vacant.

He said Nusrat's classmates broke into tears after they entered the exam hall.

Upazila secondary education officer Nur Amin said, "Like students, we also couldn't accept Nusrat's death. We've heard that Nusrat's voice was always against injustice and she was a brilliant student. We're shocked at her death."

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