Dr. Abu Saeed's house. Yunus

Dr. Abu Saeed's house. Yunus

Staff Correspondent, morenewsbd.com
Staff Correspondent, morenewsbd.com

Published: 05:40 10 August 2024

The head of the interim government went to the house of Abu Saeed, a student of the English department of Begum Rokeya University, who was shot by the police in the anti-discrimination student movement in Rangpur. Muhammad Yunus.

At that time, two student representatives Nahid Hossain and Asif Mahmud who were in the advisory council were present.
Dr. Saeed's village home in Pirganj by helicopter on Saturday morning. Yunus. Before this he reached Pirganj Marine Academy by helicopter from Dhaka. From there go to Abu Saeed's house by road.

Later he visited Abu Saeed's grave and prayed.
On August 8 at the airport Dr. Muhammad Yunus was moved by the memory of Abu Saeed. He said that Abu Saeed is being remembered at this time. The picture of Abu Saeed is embedded in the minds of every people of Bangladesh. No one can forget it. What an incredible brave young man standing in front of a gun and no young man, no young woman has ever given up since. He went ahead and said, shoot as much as you can. we are
On July 16, around 2 pm, the students took a procession from Rangpur's Khamar intersection and went in front of the university's gate number 1. At this time they started giving different slogans. The students tried to enter the campus and were stopped by the police. This led to a clash between the students and the police.
At one point the police fired about 200 rounds of bullets and rubber bullets. At that time, Abu Saeed, a student of English department of the university, was killed by the police. Abu Saeed is the son of Maqbul Hossain, a resident of Babanpur, Pirganj Upazila, Rangpur. He was one of the coordinators of the anti-discrimination student movement and a 12th batch student of the university's English Department.

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