July Uprising: Jihad’s mother waits for her son’s return

BSS :

Every time, as the time of offering a salah (prayers) come, Kuhinor Begum waits by the door subconsciously as she still thinks that her son would knock the door to enter the house after offering prayers at the mosque.

Seventeen-year-old Md Jihad Hasan, the second among Kuhinor’s three children, used to offer prayers regularly at mosque, but he was “shot dead by police” in front of Jatrabari Police Station on August 5 when he joined the victory procession following the fall of the nearly 16-year fascist regime. However, his mother still feels his existence around her.

“I still feel the existence of my son . . . he used to take a long time to perform prayers . . . I still feel my son is offering prayers in front of me.

“I think my son will come back. So, I wait for him standing beside the door as before. I couldn’t go anywhere thinking that my son would come,” Kuhinor, who is in her mid 40s, shared her endless anguish.

Grief stricken mother of Jihad, a 12th grader at Mahbubur Rahman Mollah College, burst into tears while sharing memories of her beloved son with this correspondent at their rented house in the Sheikhdi area of Shanir Akhra in the city’s Jatrabari area recently.