Liton Hasan Lalu

"The killer's bullet pierced
Lalu's skull and exited through"
Liton Hasan Lalu, one of the young martyrs of the July Revolution, was born on January 2, 2012 in a poor family in Mirpur, Dhaka. He was affectionately called Lalu by everyone. Lalu was the youngest and most beloved of six children born to the couple, Md. Hafiz and Mosammat Asma. Due to family financial constraints, Lalu could not continue his education much. Having no other choice, he took a job at a flower shop in Mirpur.
Shaheed Lalu's father, Md. Hafiz, along with his wife and children, is constantly struggling, and fighting against poverty. He seems to be repeatedly defeated by the shameless government's unrestrained commodity prices. The six children are like six twinkling stars in the dark and suffering sky of their lives! And being the youngest of all, Lalu was a little brighter than the others; radiant! At a very young age, he understood the advantages and disadvantages of the family. He was able to grasp his father's backbreaking struggle and his mother's sorrow and suffering. That is why, at the age when he was supposed to spend time studying, playing, and having fun with friends, Lalu tried his best to support his family. with his father and brothers in this artificial famine market. But this rising bright star of the family finally became stopped as a bullet of the then autocrat government’s law enforcers hit him. was stopped forever by the bullet of the autocrat! At the time of his martyrdom, he was only twelve years, seven months and two days old.
The way he was martyred
In July 2024, the anti-quota or anti-discrimination student movement began. Towards the end of that month, the movement turned into a mass movement.
Due to the various dramas, lies, misdeeds, oppressions and excuses of the autocratic Hasina government, the student movement spread from the universities to the schools, colleges, schools and madrasas. The revolution spread from the divisional cities to the districts, upazilas, police stations, municipalities, unions, villages—villages, neighborhoods—neighborhoods. The struggle spread to fields—ghats, hats—markets, offices—courts, inside—outside everywhere. The movement, revolution and struggle spread like sparks among men—women, young—old, boys—girls alike. The anti-quota movement turned into a one-point demand for the fall of the government. Everyone had the same slogan on their lips—One point one demand, when will you go, Hasina?
Lalu could not go to the house from the shop due to curfew and undeclared blockades. His father cannot go to work, saying that the condition of the country is bad. Mother cannot cook—there is no market in the house. People cannot eat two meals a day—there is no food in the house. The rickshaw puller uncle says—people are not well. Lalu's boss says—business is ruined. There are no civic amenities. There are only searches and opened fire at every intersection. Lalu thinks what are all these? He has never seen such a situation in his life. He grew up listening to the stories of the 1971 Liberation War. But now Lalu is seeing those heard events of 1971 with his own eyes every day.
No! Lalu can't take it anymore! The slogans coming from all sides create some kind of awakening in Lalu's whole body. The news broadcast in various media seems to motivate him somehow. Some invisible force seems to pull Lalu towards the street. Lalu can no longer hold himself back. His conscience does not allow him to sit at home.
In this way, the restlessness of the mass movement to dethrone the fascist government took a significant space in the heart of Liton Hasan Lalu, who has spent most of his life with flowers. Can he stay at home anymore? How long will this captivity last? Enough is enough, no more. Finally, Lalu also sets out in search of freedom.
As part of the nationwide anti-discrimination student movement, Lalu left home around 11 am on August 4 to go to the Falpatti intersection of Mirpur-10 and joined the movement with his friends. The police deployed over there, suddenly opened fire on the protesters. Completing the sixteen arts of barbarism. At this time, at 1:30 pm, Lalu's skull was pierced by the bullets of the killer police forces of Mirpur police station. Two bullets hit the front of his head, which exited from the back. The injured Lalu was quickly taken to the National Institute of Neuro Sciences Hospital by other protesters. After being on life support in the hospital for three consecutive days, Liton Hasan Lalu, the son of a family's hope and aspiration, breathed his last on August 7, 2024 at 9:50 am. A cry of mourning seemed to come out from everyone in the neighborhood. After the funeral at the Mirpur Pani Tanki Mosque, the teenage martyr Liton Hasan Lalu was laid to rest forever in the Mirpur Kalsi Graveyard after Asr prayers.
The family lost the peace of their hearts
Lalu was the youngest and most beloved of the family. Those who knew him said that Lalu left studies at an early age to earn for the family. Before his martyrdom, his monthly income was 9000 Taka. He spontaneously inquired about the requirements of the family. That discussed Lalu has now become a universally respected and recognized name beyond the boundaries of the family and neighborhood, in national and international circles.
For the country; For the people of the country, the most valuable asset, his own life, Little Lalu has bought freedom for the people by sacrificing his life, his most valuable asset. He has shown that one cannot grow up only in physical structure; rather in exchange for will, courage and sacrifice. Important contributions can be made for the country and nation; For the people.
Lalu's mother's love for him was boundless. When Lalu took to the streets as part of the anti-discrimination student movement, no one could have imagined that his life would end so quickly. His death plunged not only his family but the entire neighborhood into a sea of grief. The long struggle of Lalu's father's life seemed meaningless in an instant. The light of the family that once shone brightly in the narrow road of Mirpur's Falpatti, that light has gone out today. Shaheed Liton Hasan Lalu's mother has fallen ill due to grief. Because he was her beloved youngest son. Shaheed Lalu's death is an irreparable loss for his family, and the grief of this death seems to float in the sky and air of Mirpur even today, crying.
We must stand by
One of the young martyrs of the anti-discrimination movement, Liton Hasan Lalu's father is Md. Hafiz. At the age of 60, Mr. Hafiz is driving an auto-rickshaw to survive. Mother Mst. Asma is a housewife. Her age is 50 years. Elder brother Md. Milon (33) and middle brother Md. Nayan (30) both do small business on the footpath in vans. The third brother Md. Ratan (22) is still unemployed. The only sister Mst. Ratna (19) is a 9th class student. After the martyrdom of her younger brother Lalu, her sister's education is about to stop. And Lalu's immediate elder brother Md. Riday (14) is an unemployed teenager.
With the death of Lalu, the most beloved and earning child of a family where they run out of rice to cook, the whole family has broken down. No one knows how Lalu's mother's medical expenses and family expenses will be met. At this time, if they get monthly or one-time help, perhaps the family of teenage martyr Liton Hasan Lalu, who lives in a rented house at house number 70, Block E, Pallabi, Mirpur in Dhaka, will be able to live a little better.
Shaheed Liton Hasan Lalu at a glance
Full Name of the Martyr : Liton Hasan Lalu
Date of Birth : 02-01-2012
Place of Birth : Mirpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Professional Identity : Flower shop employee
Monthly Income : 9000 Taka
Permanent and Current Address : 70, E-Block, Pallabi, Mirpur, Dhaka
Father's Name : Md. Hafiz
Mother's Name : Mst. Asma
Number of Brothers : 04
Number of Sisters : 01
Place of Incident : Mirpur-10, Dhaka
Assailant : Killer police force of Mirpur Police Station
Time of Injury : August 4, 2024, 1:30 PM
Date, Time and Place of Death : August 7, 2024, 9:50 AM, National Institute of Neuro Sciences Hospital, Dhaka
Graveyard : Mirpur-12, Dhaka