Photo: BSS Interim
government’s Chief Adviser Nobel Laureate Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus today
visited the house of Shaheed Abu Sayed, a student of Begum Rokeya University in
Rangpur (BRUR) killed in police firing during the student's quota reform
movement, to console his parents.
Dr
Yunus also offered ziarat at Sayed's grave and talked to his family members for
some times after he arrived in Babanpur village of Pirganj upazila this
morning.
He
handed over national flag to Sayed's parents and family members as well.
Posts,
Telecommunications and Information Technology Adviser Md Nahid Islam and Youth
and Sports Adviser Asif Mahmud Sajeeb Bhuiyan were present as they are
accompanying the chief adviser during his Rangpur visit.
Upon
his arrival at Dhaka airport on Thursday from France, Dr Yunus recalled Abu
Sayed and became emotional.
"At
this moment, I am remembering Abu Sayed, whose image is etched in the memory of
every Bangladeshi. Nobody can forget it. What an incredibly brave young man he
was! He stood in front of guns, and since then, no young man or woman has given
up. They have moved forward and said, shoot as much as you can. We are
here," he said.
Abu
Sayed, who was a key coordinator of the student's quota reform movement for
civil service jobs at BRUR, led protest from the front during the movement. He
was an English Department student of the BRUR.
On
July 16 last, Sayed was killed in police firing during the movement. He was
buried in Pirganj upazila the next day.
