Staff Reporter:
BNP Acting Chairman has extended financial assistance to Mubin, who risks losing eyesight due to injuries sustained during last year’s anti-government mass movement.
On Monday, on Tarique’s order, BNP Health Affairs Secretary Dr Md Rafiqul Islam rushed to Mubin’s ancestral residence at Damuda upazila, Shariatpur.
The Dr Md Rafiqul extended Eid greetings to Mubin’s family on behalf of Tarique, and also handed over the financial assistance. Dr Rafiqul assured the family of arranging modern medical treatment for Mubin in the future.
After meeting the family, Dr Md Rafiqul said it is unfortunate that the interim government, formed as a result of the mass movement, continues to ignore the plights of the movement participants. Many a time the valiant sons of Bangladesh have protested against the poor treatment being provided at hospitals.
Dr Md Rafiqul urged the government to be more careful and kind in ensuring the medical treatment for the uprising victims.
At the time, the BNP leader also alleged a “vested group” is working to erode the gains of last year’s anti-fascist mass uprising.
By seeking to delay the reinstatement of people’s voting rights, this “vested group” is ignoring the 15 years of sufferings endured by BNP activists in the name of abduction, custodial torture and false cases, Dr Md Rafiqul alleged.
Mubin works as a computer operator and is the sole breadwinner of his family following his father’s demise.
Last year, Mubin took part in the nationwide student-led protests against the disproportionate quota system in public service recruitment exams.
The quota for war veterans and family members allegedly assisted the then authoritarian Awami League regime in retaining its strong claim on the “Spirit of Liberation War” and in appointing its preferred candidates at government offices.
On 18 July last year, Mubin sustained serious injuries to both of his eyes as police opened fire on peaceful demonstrators. As Mubin collapsed on the road, locals rushed him first to the nearby Kuwait Maitree Hospital.
Then, Mubin was shifted to the National Ophthalmology Institute and Dhaka Medical College Hospital, and to finally privately-run Vision Eye Hospital, where he was charged a huge sum of money.
He underwent multiple surgeries on his eyes, but now his family needs more cash to continue the treatment and avoid losing his eyesight.
