Md. Sohel Rana

Md. Sohel Rana was born in the village of Balal Para, Singra thana, Natore district, to Md. Motleb Ali Pramanik and Mst. Rehena Begum. He is the second of two brothers and one sister. His father, Md. Motleb Ali, earns his living by farming.
Sohel Rana passed his SSC from the village high school. After that, he completed his diploma from the Institute of Information Technology, Naogaon. It was becoming almost impossible for the poor farmer, Md. Motleb Ali, to bear all the expenses of the family with his meager income. Therefore, considering the financial condition of the family, he left his studies and went to Dhaka to find a job.
In March 2017, he joined Norban Garments in Savar. He worked there for 6 years. Then in 2023, he joined Beximco Garments as an embroidery supervisor. Gradually, prosperity began to return to the family.
Incident of Martyrdom
August 5, 2024. At 11 AM, Md. Sohel Rana and his messmates Rasel and Himel went to the ongoing nationwide anti-autocracy movement below their mess in Savar, Ashulia. The killer police attacked the student-public movement and started firing indiscriminately. Unable to withstand the strong resistance of the students and the public, the autocrat Hasina finally resigned and fled to India, causing a wave of uninhibited joy across the country. Sweets were distributed in every alley, and the students and the public took out victory processions. Even though Hasina had fled, the police force, which was the sole ally of the Awami government's oppression and torture for the past 15 years, was still present in the police stations across the country.
With the fall of the Awami regime, the subservient police force realized that they too would have to flee the country or face trial as oppressors in the dock of the oppressed. But they were not prepared to do either of these. The thought of suddenly losing the life of comfort and luxury for nearly a decade and a half, the arbitrary use of power, the bank balance that had swelled with illegal money, made them distraught. They could not accept the flight of the deceitful Hasina government that had sheltered them for nearly 15 years, and they fired indiscriminately at the victory procession of the freedom-seeking people, losing all sense of right and wrong. They even fired at the army personnel when they came to stop them. When the autocratic government of Hasina fell, the police started firing tear gas and bullets at the joyous procession of students and the public in Ashulia. Many people were injured and killed.
6:00 PM. Sohel Rana returned home a little while ago after finishing the victory procession. The situation outside is tense, and the sound of gunfire is floating in the air. In several places, the police and Awami League have attacked the processions, and there have been casualties. Md. Sohel Rana tries to see the situation by opening the window of the 5th floor of the mess. Then, when he turns around behind the window, he suddenly feels as if someone has hit him in the back of the waist with a hammer. Sohel doubles over in severe pain. Suddenly, he sees a hole below his navel on the right side, and fresh blood is gushing out. The clothes he is wearing and the surroundings are turning red. He understood that a bullet had pierced the back of his waist through the window of the 5th floor and exited through the lower right side of his navel.
He shouts and calls the other companions in the mess. Then the rest of the mess members immediately tie a gamcha (towel) over the injured area and quickly try to take him to the hospital. After visiting 3 hospitals in Savar, Mo: Sohel Rana was finally admitted to Enam Medical College Hospital in a critical condition.
Meanwhile, Sohel Rana's uncle's family, who were staying in Savar, were informed, and his aunt, Anwara Begum, quickly went to the hospital. His family in the village was also informed. At that time, Sohel Rana's elder brother told his aunt to arrange for treatment without thinking about money.
His condition gradually deteriorated. Then at 9:00 PM, the doctors on duty declared Mo: Sohel Rana dead. At 12:00 AM, the body was taken to his own village home by renting a microbus for 17000/- Taka.
Funeral Prayer (Janazah) and Burial
The next day, after the Funeral Prayer (Janazah), Martyr Mo: Sohel Rana was buried in the Shoair Central Graveyard of Singra thana in Natore. A shadow of mourning has descended on the family due to his death.
Feelings of a close relative about the Martyr
Father Mo: Motleb Ali Pramanik says, "My son has been accepted by Almighty Allah. Alhamdulillah, Allah has given him the status of a Martyr. I lowered him into the grave with my own hands, I offered his Funeral Prayer (Janazah) prayers. How painful it is for a father; it cannot be explained in words. I don't have much income, my son used to help me with money. He also paid for his younger sister's education."
Mother Mst. Rehena Begum cannot forget the pain of losing her son. She says, "I called my son at noon. At that time, he could not talk, he said, 'Mother, there is a lot of trouble here, I will call you later.' After that, I could not talk to my son anymore. No one even told me that he had died at night. I spent the whole night crying, then in the morning I saw my son's body coming home.
My son could not come home even during the Eid al-Adha holidays. He told me, 'Mother, if I come now, I will not get many days off, but if I come later, I will be able to spend more days off.' My son was supposed to come home on August 10th. But on the 5th, my son returned as a corpse."
The Martyr's brother Saddam says, "There was a very close bond between us two brothers. Although he was younger than me, he never said no to me for anything I asked from him for the needs of the family. I cannot explain in words how much he respected us."
Detailed description of the family's economic condition
Agriculture is currently the only source of income for the family. The father and elder brother work in agriculture. The estimated monthly income is 20-22 thousand Taka. With which all the expenses of the family are managed, including the education of the younger sister Mim Khatun. They cultivate their own quarter bigha of land and some land taken on lease.
Personal Profile of Shaheed Md. Sohel Rana at a Glance
Name: Md. Sohel Rana
Date of Birth: 26-11-1998
Father: Md. Motleb Ali Pramanik
Mother: Mst. Rehena Begum
Permanent Address: Village: Shoair (Balal), Union: Ramananda Khajuria, Thana: Singra, District: Natore
Marital Status: Unmarried
Occupation: Garment worker
Place of Incident: Baipail, Ashulia
Time of Injury: 05/08/24, 6:00 PM
Time of Martyrdom: 05/08/24, 9:02 PM, Enam Medical College Hospital
Type of Injury: Bullet entered through the back of the waist and exited through the lower right side of the navel
Assailant: Killer police of the autocratic government
Current Location of Martyr's Grave: Shoair Central Graveyard, Singra, Natore
Proposals
1. Arrange employment for the Martyr's elder brother, Abdullah (Saddam).
2. Bear the educational cost of martyr’s younger sister.
3. Provide a one-time grant to the Martyr's family.