The son's body was also shot, said the father

July 18 Thursday afternoon! Narsingdi city prison turn! The police are fighting back and forth with the protestors demanding quota reform. Throwing bricks and firing is going on. Class IX student Tahmid Bhuiyan Tamim (15) died on the spot after being hit by a rubber bullet. The protesters were chanting slogans while keeping his body on a stretcher. At that time the police opened fire again. Those bullets also hit Tahmid's body.

Standing about 100 yards away, Tahmid's father Rafiqul Islam watched the scene helplessly. Several students who were shot by the protesters and went to the hospital for treatment that day also gave the same description of the body being shot again to this representative of Prothom Alo.

The deceased Tahmid Nachima was a student of Qadir Mollah High School and Homes. Tahmid was the eldest of three children born to a GP father and a housewife mother. Tahmid has two sisters aged 13 and 3.

Tahmid's house is 300 yards away from the incident site (District Junction), in Nandipara village of Chinishpur Union of Sadar Upazila. Last Tuesday, a stretcher was found lying in the yard of Tahmid's house. The stretcher belongs to the 100-bed Narsingdi District Hospital, relatives said. They said that Tahmid's body was brought home on that stretcher last Thursday (July 18) afternoon. It has not yet been returned due to circumstances. Ever since that day, Tahmid's father has been devastated.

Ahad standing on the balcony was shot in the right eye
Tahmid's relatives said that on the day of the incident, all the family had lunch together. Lying in bed to rest, Tahmid and his younger sister Linat (13) were playing with their phones. At one point, Tahmid left the room. At that time mother was working in the kitchen. Father was sleeping in the next room.

The deceased Tahmid Nachima was a student of Qadir Mollah High School and Homes. Tahmid was the eldest of three children born to a GP father and a housewife mother. Tahmid has two sisters aged 13 and 3.

When Tahmid left the house and went to the road, a woman from the neighborhood asked him, 'Where are you going?'

Tahmid replied, 'Let's see what's going on at Jail Khana Junction.' The woman forbade him to get into trouble; But Tahmid did not listen to him. Family members started searching for Tahmid nowhere.

Meanwhile, Tahmid went to Jailkhana junction and mingled with the protestors. The police were firing at that time. It is not known exactly where Tahmid was hit by the rubber bullet of the police. The agitators took the bullet-hit Tahmid to the emergency department of the nearby 100-bed district hospital. After the doctor declared him dead, they brought the body to the protest site on a hospital stretcher.

He saw that his son's body was shot again. As Rafiqul continued to shout, the protesters dragged him inside the mosque.
ANM Mizanur Rahman, supervisor of 100-bed Narsingdi District Hospital, said, "Students brought Tahmid dead to the hospital after he was hit by a rubber bullet. Soon after he was declared dead, agitated students ransacked the hospital. We wanted to send his body to the morgue for post-mortem. We could not do that in the face of students' cannons.

The agitators brought Tahmid's body on a stretcher after leaving the hospital in front of the Shaheed Minar (near Jail Khana) at the gate of the stadium. At that time, they kept his body in front of them and started shouting slogans. Shots were fired at them again. Then Tahmid's father Rafiqul Islam appeared there. He saw that his son's body was shot again. As Rafiqul continued to shout, the protesters dragged him inside the mosque.

Rafiqul returned home with Tahmid's body with the help of the students after the shooting subsided. The body was buried in Chinishpur cemetery on Thursday night without post-mortem after two rounds of janaza at the son's school and local Eidgah.

I was asked by the district administration to do the autopsy; But I did not agree. The police shot and killed the boy in front of everyone, what will happen after the autopsy? I will never get my son back.
Rafiqul Islam Bhuiyan
Neighbors and local people cannot accept such death of Tahmid. This reporter spoke to at least 10 people of Nandipara village. According to them, 15-year-old Tahmid did not go to the movement consciously. His two cousins ​​who were studying at Dhaka University and Jahangirnagar University at home did not go to the movement that day. How he got there is a wonder! He ended up going there just out of curiosity. Maybe he got acquaintances and mingled with them.

Rafiqul Islam Bhuiyan also said, 'I was asked by the district administration to do the autopsy; But I did not agree. The police shot and killed the boy in front of everyone, what will happen after the autopsy? I will not get my son back.'