A young female student of Multan’s Muhammad Nawaz Sharif University of Agriculture was killed when a campus bus hit the bike she was driving on one of the pavements inside the campus.
Manahil, 21, was studying in the fifth semester of biochemistry. Her bike was hit by a speeding university bus right when she entered the campus. She reportedly died on the spot.
SHO Rao Mehtab told DAWN that the girl’s motorcycle hit the bus. However, instead of stopping, the bus ran over her.
The SHO also said that the victim’s father Shaban did not want to lodge a complaint with the police.
Vice Chancellor of the university Ishtiaq Rajwana told DAWN that CCTV footage of the incident showed that the girl tried to turn left but could not do so and rammed into the bus. He defended the bus driver, calling him “experienced” and said that “It was the fate of the girl that she came under the bus.”
A viral social post is claiming that Manahil’s body was left in scorching heat on the campus for several hours, while officials waited for the Vice Chancellor to arrive. Her parents were told by university administration to sign papers that stated that they will not be filing cases against the university. Only then they will be allowed to take their daughter’s body home for burial.
