The death toll from the July 21 Bangladesh Air Force jet crash into Milestone School and College at the capital鈥檚 Uttara area reached 32 as one more victim died on Wednesday.
The number of missing people in the incident reached five on the day. They include three students and two guardians.
Of the 32 deceased victims, 25 are students of the school. Seven of the bodies are still unidentified.
Eight critically injured victims were undergoing treatment at the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery on the day.
The authorities of the Milestone School and College formed a seven-member committee Tuesday night to find out the accurate numbers of the killed, injured and missing students, officials said.
The authorities closed the institution鈥檚 access to the students, guardians and media throughout the day. No guardians or relatives of any missing students or others were seen near the gates of and around the institution.
Till July 22, the number of injured people in the crash was 165, according to the Inter Services Public Relations directorate.
The authorities handed over 21 victims鈥� bodies to their families until Wednesday.
Among the deceased, 25 were children, including many under 12 years of age, two were schoolteachers, and one was the aircraft鈥檚 pilot.
In a press release issued in the early hours of Wednesday, the health and family welfare ministry senior information officer, Md Shahadat Hossain, said that Nafi, 9, succumbed to his injuries with 95 per cent burns at the ICU of the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery at about 12:15am on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, a seven-member committee had been formed by the educational institution Tuesday night to find out the accurate numbers of the killed, injured and missing students, according to a press release issued by the chief adviser鈥檚 press wing on Wednesday.
The committee, headed by the institution principal Mohammad Ziaul Alam, is scheduled to submit a report in three working days.
Milestone School and College head teacher Khadiza Akhter told 抖阴精品 that they received claims for three missing students and two guardians till Wednesday.
鈥楾his information is being updated frequently,鈥� she added.
National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery director Professor Md Nasir Uddin, at a press briefing at about 4:00pm on Wednesday, said that a total of 44 injured jet crash victims, mostly children, were undergoing treatment at the hospital.
鈥楶atients are being treated in three categories based on the severity of their injuries. Of the 44 admitted victims, eight are now in critical condition, 13 are in severe condition and 23 other patients are in intermediate condition,鈥� he said.
A three-member medical team, a doctor and two nurses, from Singapore has already arrived in Dhaka.
鈥榃e shared our decisions with the doctor from Singapore today, while the Singaporean doctor shared opinions as well,鈥� he said, and added that each patient鈥檚 case was being reviewed individually.
Professor Nasir mentioned that discussions were also held on medication, possible surgeries, dressing changes, and other treatment protocols.
Highlighting the vulnerability of children and the elderly, the director said that treatment was being administered based on what is appropriate for each age group.
All patients would be reassessed every 12 hours, he said, adding that there was currently no shortage of medicines or medical supplies.
The Directorate General of Health Services under the health and family welfare ministry also published updates about the deceased and injured patients till 7:15pm on Wednesday.
According to the update, 11 victims died and 45 were undergoing treatment at the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery, 15 died and nine undergoing treatment at Combined Military Hospital, one each died at Dhaka Medical College, Lubana General Hospital and Cardiac Center and United Hospital Limited and one each is currently undergoing treatment at Kuwait Bangladesh Friendship Government Hospital, Shaheed Monsur Ali Medical College Hospital and Human Aid Research Lab and Hospital.
Three students remained missing on the day and the authorities of Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka collected DNA samples from their parents.
Though the authorities of Milestone School closed access to students, parents and media, some curious people came to visit the spot.
Razia Binte Ayesha, a student of Class X, was found waiting at about 12:40pm in front of one of the gates to take her bag that she had left in the school on the day of the accident.
She said that the authorities did not allow her to enter the school.
The school鈥檚 public relations officer Shah Babul claimed that police were not allowing anyone to enter the campus.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police deputy commissioner (Uttara Division) Mohidul Islam claimed that the school authorities decided about the access and the police had nothing to do with the matter.
鈥榃e have deployed police personnel on and outside the campus to maintain order and security,鈥� he added.
Talking to students during the confinement for nine hours on Tuesday, law adviser Asif Nazrul said that the students would get updates on deaths and injuries each hour from a control room on the campus.
Shah Babul, however, could not give any updates about the control room.
In a message to the media, the ISPR director Lieutenant Colonel Sami-Ud-Dowla Chowdhury urged people not to pay heed to the rumours on hiding information about the students in the jet crash incident.
He also said that any media could probe into the matter, and they would provide maximum support and full assistance.
Chief Adviser鈥檚 press secretary Shafiqul Alam, in his verified Facebook page on Wednesday, said that there was no reason for the government to conceal the figures of the casualties in the jet crash incident.
Milestone School and College authorities on the day also urged people to provide the information of missing people in the crash to Diabari campus鈥檚 control room with the headmaster Khadiza Akther (contact: 01963835626) and co-ordinator Lutfunnessa Lopa (contact: 01713091417).
On July 21, a high-level inquiry committee was formed by the Bangladesh Air Force to investigate the reason behind the accident, according to the ISPR.
