Interim government’s Chief Adviser Nobel Laureate Professor
Dr Muhammad Yunus on Saturday 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 on Saturday 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.
