Sabia returned safely amid riots in Bangladesh.
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Many students were stranded in Bangladesh after curfew. Sabia returned with the help of Indian High Commission. Contact was lost after internet was shut down.
Chaitanya Patwari, Mandleshwar: Nagar Sabia, daughter of Haji Sabir Khan Pathan, who was studying MBBS in Bangladesh, has returned safely to her home recently. Sabia’s five-month studies are incomplete. If the situation remains good, Sabia will return to Bangladesh and complete her studies. Sabia has described the real situation of Bangladesh.
Read further what Sabia told…
She is a final year MBBS student at Kumudni Women’s Medical College in Tangail, Mirzapur district, located 50 km from Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka. The situation in Bangladesh started deteriorating from July 17. Curfew was imposed in the whole of Bangladesh from that night and the internet was shut down for internal security reasons.
However, in our nearby areas, the situation was worse only in Dhaka. In other faraway areas like Chittagong, the situation was worse. In other small places, the situation was normal. After the curfew, we kept in touch with the High Commission through a helpline called Madad issued by the Indian High Commission in Bangladesh.
On 4 August, the situation in Bangladesh had deteriorated completely, then with the help of the Indian High Commission, our group of 22 Indian students flew from Dhaka to New Delhi on 6 August and reached India safely. Sabia said that when the situation deteriorated, she felt that she would not be able to reach home.
After the internet was shut down, contact with home was lost
Ward 14 councillor and Sabia’s father Haji Sabir Khan Pathan said that we were very worried because we could not get in touch with her. When we were able to contact Sabia again, we were relieved. When Sabia reached India with the help of the Indian High Commission, our worries ended.
The flight was cancelled
Sabia said that the attitude of the college management was very cooperative in the bad environment of Bangladesh. To make us aware of every situation, the college management gave us information from time to time through notices. The local phone facility was operational so that we remained in constant touch with the Indian High Commission.
got out of the patrol vehicle
The management arranged 3 cabs to drop us from the college campus in Mirzapur to Dhaka airport. On 5 August, from 11 pm to 12:30 pm, we covered the 50 km distance from Mirzapur with a police patrolling vehicle. We had got this facility through the Indian High Commission.
After reaching the airport, we came to know that all flights have been cancelled, our flight was at 10 am on 6th August, which was cancelled. We stayed at the airport and kept in constant touch with the High Commission. The Indian High Commission arranged a flight to New Delhi through which we reached India safely on 6th August.
Sabia will return if the situation becomes normal
Sabia told that she is in constant touch with the local students of Bangladesh, the Indian High Commission and the college management. After the formation of the new government there, the situation may start becoming normal after 15th August. She has another 5 months of course left. She will stay there for some time and then go back to Bangladesh. After completing the course, she will come back and prepare for the competitive examination of the Medical Council of India.