Md. Siam

Md. Siam was born in 2008 in his home district of Narsingdi. He was a Hafizia student at Shaspur Darul Ulum Husainia Madrasa. He had finished the 20th part of the Holy Quran and was memorizing the 21st. His father's name is Shibli Reza, and his mother's name is Morium Begum. The entire family is extremely bereaved (grief-stricken) at the death of this talented and well-mannered boy.
Martyr's Family Condition
Siam has a younger sister who is disabled. After the untimely death of their father, his mother, helpless, went to live with her mother (Siam's grandmother) and started living there with her. The family was supported by his maternal cousin, and Siam was studying while living in an orphanage. Shaheed Siam's mother took a loan of 2 lakh Taka and went to Saudi Arabia in search of work. She returned home upon hearing the sudden news of her son's death.
Background of the Movement
In July 2024, Shaheed Md. Siam learned about the anti-discrimination student-public movement from his friends and classmates. Four years earlier, in 2018, general university students had started the anti-quota student movement. That year, they were forced to return home empty-handed due to the autocratic government's stubbornness and obduracy. That movement of general students returned in 2024 as the anti-discrimination student movement. That year, Shaheed Md. Siam was even younger. So, he was not in that day's anti-quota student movement.
Being young, no one explained anything to him either. However, even if he didn't understand the anti-quota student movement, Shaheed Md. Siam, along with his classmates, was in the Safe Road Movement called by the young students of schools, colleges, and madrasas that year. They stayed on the streets for a long time that year and protested against the autocratic Awami government. Even with the small children, Shaheed Siam could understand how much struggle and sacrifice is needed in this country for the realization of logical and just demands. That is why this movement against the corrupt and autocratic government was familiar to him; this street was known to him. In June 2024, the students saw that they were again becoming victims of the conspiracies of the discriminatory government.
So, from the beginning of July, when the university students determined the street as the final destination for their demands, Siam also started regularly inquiring about the movement in between his studies. The systematic movement of general students from different universities was going on in the streets. Meanwhile, the autocratic Awami government took up arms against the unarmed general students. On July 16, the killer police forces shot indiscriminately at the innocent and unarmed general students who were protesting. Six students from different universities, including Abu Saeed, a student of Rangpur Rokeya University, were martyred. This incident stirred up every public and private university in the country. Many school and college students joined the movement. Shaheed Md. Siam also joined.
 
Joining the Movement
Madrasa student Md. Siam directly joined the anti-discrimination student-public movement with his friends on July 19. On Thursday, July 19, the bloodthirsty Hasina government's killer police force massacred general students across the country. On that day, the volunteer and talented student Mugdha was killed just for distributing water. That night, the illegal Awami government shut down the internet and imposed a curfew across the country. On July 19, on the one hand, it was not possible to leave the house due to the curfew, and on the other hand, the internet was shut down. So, the general public could not understand what was happening all over the country. But Shaheed Siam went out; he could never go very far. He had to come back again and again after being obstructed. Moreover, in the previous four or five days, the general students across the country had been massively injured and killed. On top of that, with the curfew and internet shutdown, students in some places were at least waiting for the curfew to end. So, apart from staying at home or in the neighborhood and helping as much as possible, there was no other way for Siam.
Incident of Martyrdom
The anti-discrimination student-public movement had not yet turned into a movement to overthrow the government. At such a time, from the afternoon of July 19, the police in front of the Itakhola police outpost in Narsingdi district started firing indiscriminately at the protesters. At one point, Siam, the talented Hafiz student, the "bird of the Quran," who was at the front of the movement, was shot. Just as he was trying to reach a safe haven with all his strength, another bullet hit his chest, and he immediately fell to the ground. There he fell into the lap of death.
Reminiscence
Siam's maternal uncle, Md. Siddique Shaheed, says about him, "Siam was a very good boy. He was very good and attentive in his studies. He finished Nazrana and enrolled in Hafizia. He used to pray from a young age."
Funeral and Burial
After the funeral prayers in his area, this "bird of the Quran," Shaheed Md. Siam, was laid to rest forever in the Shaheed Minar Graveyard.