Staff Correspondent

A delegation of ‘Amra BNP Paribar’ today provided financial assistances to family members of martyrs and injured of July mass uprising in Magura.

On behalf of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Acting Chairman and Chief Patron of Amra BNP Paribar Tarique Rahman, the delegation went to residence of Magura district unit of Chhatra Dal leader Mehedi Hasan Rabbi, who was shot dead during the students-led mass movement this afternoon and exchanged views with the relatives of his family.

Financial assistance was given to each family of 10 martyrs in Magura including the family of Shaheed Rabbi and family of one injured person, said a press release.

BNP treasurer and 'Amra BNP Paribar' adviser M Rashiduzzaman Millat was present as the chief guest in the views exchange programme at Barunatail village of Magura municipality and Atiqur Rahman Rumon, convener of 'Amra BNP Paribar' and member of BNP media cell was present as the special guest.

Former student leader Engineer Hasnain Manzur Morshed Imon, 'Amra BNP Paribar' members Masud Rana Liton, Mustakim Billah, Farhad Ali Sajeeb, Shahadat Hossain, Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal central Vice-President Habibul Bashar, Joint Secretary Hasnain Nahian Sajeeb, Private University Unit of Chhatra Dal Joint General Secretary Moshiur Rahman Mohan, Dhaka College Unit of Chhatra Dal Literary and Publication Secretary Abdullah Al Misbah, Magura District BNP former Convener Ali Ahmed, its former Member Secretary Valiant Freedom Fighter Aktar Hossain, District BNP former Joint Convener Alamgir Hossain and Magura Sadar Upazila BNP convener Kutubuddin was present at the event.

On August 4 during the mass movement, Mehedi Hasan Rabbi was in the front row of the procession to ensure the safety of the protesting students, said the release.

In that procession, Rabbi, senior joint convener of Magura District Chhatra Dal, was shot dead as Chhatra League and Jubo League terrorists opened fire on the procession.

During the incident at least 20 people were injured, including Khalid Biswas, the nephew of Rabbi.

Rabbi was a son of late Mayen Uddin Biswas of Barunatail village. His wife Rumi Khatun and younger brother Idris Hossain Biswas claimed that Rabbi was killed not in police firing rather in firing of leaders and activists of the Chhatra League-Jubo League.

The release said Rabbi got married in May this year. Within only few months after marriage, he had to embrace martyrdom in the mass uprising of July-August. When Rabbi died, his wife Rumi Khatun was an expectant mother.

It is irony that the unborn child will grow up without getting love and affection from his father after birth in one hand, on the other the baby would grow up knowing that his father was a martyr in the democratic movement against tyranny.

The sacrifice of Rabbi in the fight to establish a fair political environment and democracy in the country would always be remembered by the people of the country.