Staff Reporter:
Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus reached Rangpur on Saturday morning by helicopter to meet the family members of Abu Sayed, according to Chief Adviser’s Press Wing.
He offered prayers at the grave of Abu Sayed seeking divine blessings for his soul.
Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Adviser Md Nahid Islam and Youth and Sports Adviser Asif Mahmud Sajeeb Bhuiyan were accompanying the chief adviser.
Prof Yunus visited Sayed’s home and condoled his family members. Sayed’s parents, six brothers and three sisters were present.
Then he will go to Rangpur Medical College Hospital to see the injured persons.
Abu Sayed was the first student killed in police firing during the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement. Sayed, a student of Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur, was shot dead on July 16.
His death sparked agitation among the student protestors which led to the fall of the Awami League government on August 5.
In his first speech after he arrived in Dhaka on Thursday, Nobel Laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus recalled Begum Rokeya University Student Abu Sayed and said he will remain in the hearts of all in Bangladesh forever.
“…Abu Sayed’s image is in every person’s heart in Bangladesh. No one will be able to forget it. The incredibly courageous youth was standing in front of the guns,” he told in an emotion-choked voice while speaking to the media at the airport.
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