On May 18, Shikha had been admitted to the hospital after suffering from post-stroke complications. When her condition deteriorated, Shikha was shifted to intensive care unit (ICU) on May 29. On Tuesday morning, around 9:30 am, the on-duty doctor declared that she was dead. The artist was buried at Rayer Bazar graveyard in Dhaka after the namaz-e-janaza.
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The High Court has suspended for six months the trial proceedings against Prothom Alo s Editor Matiur Rahman in a case over the death of Residential Model College student Nayeemul Abrar Rahat. );
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Justice Md Rezaul Haque and Justice Md Ataur Rahman Khan issued the order on Sunday along with a rule asking why the case against Matiur should not be scrapped.
Lawyer Mostafizur Rahman Khan appeared on behalf of the editor in court, while Deputy Attorney General Saifuddin Khaled represented the state.
Abrar was electrocuted during an event organised by Prothom Alo’s youth magazine Kishor Alo on the school campus in November 2019.