“Baba (father), I'm trapped, save me” – it was the last request of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) student Lamisha Islam, who was burnt to death in the Bailey Road fire on Thursday, on the phone to her father, Additional Deputy Inspector General (headquarters) of police Nasirul Islam Shamim.

But the father unfortunately could do nothing for his eldest daughter, a second-year mechanical engineering department student of BUET.

Lamisha’s paternal uncle Rafiqul Islam Sumon relayed this at their village home Jhiltuli in Faridpur headquarters where a gloomy atmosphere has been prevailing since the news of her death was heard.

Sumon said Lamisha and her friends went to a restaurant on Bailey Road to have dinner after visiting the book fair on Thursday night.

As the fire broke out, Lamisha called her father and said, “Baba (father), I am trapped, save me,” after which there was no more interaction with her. Despite several attempts to contact her by her family, her mobile was found switched off, said the uncle.

Lamisha's body was brought to the village home around 10:45am on Friday. The atmosphere became heavy with the cries of family members and relatives.

She was buried at Alipur graveyard after a namaz-e-janaza at Chawkbazar Jame Mosque in the town followed by Jumma prayers.

Lawmaker AK Azad, Additional DIG Md Alimuzzaman, District Awami League President Shamim Haque, and General Secretary Shah Md Ishtiaq Arif, among others, attended the funeral prayer.

Lamisha's mother Afrina Mahmud Mitu died in 2018. Nasirul used to live with his two daughters at the Officers Club quarters in Dhaka.

Passing out SSC and HSC examinations from Viqarunnisa school and Holy Cross College respectively, she got admitted to BUET. Her younger sister Raisa has been sitting for the SSC examination from Viqarunnisa school this year.