6 DU students injured as teacher’s son runs car into them

At least six students of the Marketing Department of Dhaka University (DU) were injured after a car driven by Sadman Sakib, a student of the university’s Institute of Information Technology, hit them on campus on Tuesday morning.

The injured students are receiving treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital, according to reports.

Sadman, a student of the 2023–24 academic session, is the son of Professor Dr Md Shahidul Islam, a Mathematics Department teacher at DU and former vice-chancellor of Patuakhali Science and Technology University.

According to the report, Sadman was using his father’s car to drive around the campus while learning to drive for the first time on Tuesday morning.

The accident occurred in front of the Faculty of Business Studies when the car struck students from the Marketing Department’s 2025–26 academic session who were walking along the road.

The injured students have been identified as Zahidul Islam Hridoy, Kaniz Fatema, Tasnia Begum, Miftahul, Tasfia Tabassum and Sidratul.

Sadman is currently at the university’s proctor’s office. Classmates of the injured students have gathered outside the office, demanding justice, while tension prevails on the scene.