BSS :
Md Abdur Hannan, a 55-year-old carpenter , met a tragic end on August 5 last year as police opened fire indiscriminately on the jubilant people as they were celebrating victory, following the downfall of autocratic ruler Sheikh Hasina.
He was “shot dead by police” around 3.15pm in front of Jatrabari Police Station, leaving behind a shattered family struggling for survival. A bullet pierced through the right side of his head and went out through the left side.
Hannan’s mourning wife, Kamala Akter (38), recounted the heartbreaking events of that fateful day in an interview with BSS at her Bibirbagicha residence in the city’s Jatrabari area recently.
She recalled that her husband left home around 3pm to join the victory procession, hearing the news that Sheikh Hasina fled the country — ending her nearly 16-year-long fascist regime — in the face of anti-discrimination student movement.
“My husband had left his mobile phone at home but carried his other documents, including phone number. Before leaving, he told me he would have lunch with us after returning,” grieving Kamala burst into tears as she shares about her last words with husband.
But their world turned upside down just half an hour later. “Around 3:30pm, a student made a call to my husband’s phone with the devastating news — he had been shot — which emerged as a bolt from the blue for me,” Kamala said in a sobbing tone.
She said immediately they rushed to the spot and took her husband (Abdur Hannan) to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) where the duty doctor declared him ‘brought dead’.
“Later, we received the body from the hospital with just a token and laid him to eternal rest at Dhalpur graveyard in Jatrabari that night,” Kamala shared.