Staff Reporter :
The families of martyrs and injured victims of the 2024 July uprising have got Tk 96.67 crore from the July Shaheed Smriti Foundation.
CEO of the foundation Mir Mahbubur Rahman Snigdho said it on Friday at a press conference at its office in the capital.
He said, families of at least 745 martyrs received a total of Tk 37.25 crore while 5,596 injured victims got Tk 59.41 crore so far, Snigdho said the foundation has provided financial assistance to families of martyrs who sacrificed their lives and those who were injured during the student-led mass uprising.
He said they reached many private companies for employments of injured July uprising victims.
Family members of July martyrs and injured victims will be given jobs in various private organizations or companies as per their qualifications, he added.
Snigdho said the foundation received donation from the government and other sources, totaling Tk 110 crores.
Foundation’s finance secretary Mohammad Ahsan Habib Chowdhury, executive member Sabrina Afroz Sebanti and media executive Md. Zahid Hossain, among others, were present in the press conference.
