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Published on January 21, 2015
She handed over the cheque for the amount to Anik's father Mizanur Rahman at the Prime Minister's Office at Tejgaon in the capital this noon, PM's Press Secretary AKM Shameem Chowdhury said.
Earlier, the Prime Minister took responsibility for the treatment of Anik, a 15-year-old student of Feni Government Pilot High School, and directed the authorities concerned to send him abroad for better treatment.
As part of the initiative, Anik is being sent to a famous eye hospital, "Shankar Netraloy", in Chennai, India, this afternoon for better treatment, the press secretary said.
Anik suffered critical injuries when masked terrorists hurled a crude bomb at him in Khejur Chattar area in Feni town at 4.30 pm on January 5.
Anik and his classmate Shahriar Rhidoy were returning home by a rickshaw from their private tutor's house at that time. Various parts of the body of Anik were burnt in the bomb explosion. His both eyes were damaged. He does not see with his right eye, but sees a little with left eye.
Anik was first admitted to Feni Modern Sadar Hospital and later was shifted to the burn unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital. He was later taken to the National Institute of Ophthalmology for his eye treatment.
Rhidoy was also wounded seriously in the bomb explosion and the Prime Minister has also taken the responsibility for his treatment.
Rhidoy is now undergoing treatment at the National Institute of Ophthalmology.
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