Nisha sustained 45% burns injuries as an unknown object exploded in a room of a female students’ private hostel namely Proshanti in the early hours of August 13. A day later, police named her along with six other female students from the hostel for their alleged involvement with Islami Chhatri Sangstha, the female student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, students’ front of the Jamaat-e-Islami of Bangladesh. Sub-Inspector of Sadar Dakhshin police station Shahidul Bashar filed a case against Nisha and two other students of Comilla University in the early hours of August 24. Comilla University sources said Nisha might have been killed in a bomb blast, as she was involved in militancy. However, sources at Dhaka Medical College Hospital said the explosion took place due to gas explosion.

Source: Dhaka Tribune September 06, 2016 16:07 UTC