Md. Liton Matubbar

The virtuous never die. Whether awake or at night, the 0virtuous remain alive every moment in the hearts of people. Similarly, Md. Liton Matubbar, the golden boy of Sonar Bangla village in Barguna district, will remain. He was a struggling and courageous young man. Liton was born on December 10, 1988, in a poor family in Sonar Bangla village under Betagi police station in Barguna district. His father's name is Md. Toyab Ali and mother's name is Mosammat Monowara Begum. Liton was the eldest of four siblings. Due to his family head father being ill, he also took the responsibility of the whole family including his brothers and sisters on his shoulders. Liton, who grew up in a poor family, could not study much. After studying up to the fifth grade, he ran towards the capital to take the responsibility of the family due to the scourge of poverty. For the last 20 years, Shaheed Liton Matubbar had been living in the Badda area of the capital and working as a tiles mason. He learned to struggle from his childhood. Hard work and deep love for the family made Liton a living symbol of realistic life struggle.
Shaheed Md. Liton's Economic Condition
Liton was the sole breadwinner of the family. With his income, the treatment of his disabled father was going on for so long. The other members of the family are now worried about his treatment after losing Liton. Due to his father's illness, Liton Matubbar could not get married. Despite being 35 years old, he did not get married thinking about the treatment of his only father. Despite the lack of money, there was no tiredness in his mind, but he found a kind of peace seeing the smiling face of the family. But the cruelty of fate upset everything in his peaceful life in an instant. One day Liton was unexpectedly was being martyred. A shadow of mourning descended on the family due to his death. Now they are worried, how will they live and how will they run the family expenses? Liton's absence has pushed their lives into darkness.
Near relatives' feelings about the Shaheed
Shaheed Md. Liton Matubbar was a conscious and protesting voice since his childhood. He was a very religious and eloquent person. He used to get along with everyone, big and small. He was an obedient child of his parents. He always thought about his father, how to cure his father. He also loved his siblings very much.
Liton's father Toyeb Ali says while crying, ‘Who will buy medicine for me now? I never thought that my son would die like this without telling me. Moreover, Liton's elder brother Md. Bashir Matubbar says, ‘I can't forget my brother at all. After losing the only earner of the family, I am now in an unfathomable sea and I see darkness all around.
He also informed that after handing over the body to the family the next day, Liton was buried in the family graveyard after bringing it home.
Description of the Incident of Martyrdom of Martyrdom
Basically, the anti-discrimination student movement was going on throughout July, 2024. The students raised their demands through peaceful protests, human chains, protest rallies and seminars. But in various cases, the movement was seen to become violent, where tension arose between the security forces and the students. Because the autocratic government was running a steamroller of oppression without accepting the just demands of the students.
Bullets, rubber bullets, sound grenades and tear shells were being fired all over the country targeting the student public. According to the students' announcement, the complete shutdown program started. In the continuation of this movement, on July 18, there were massive clashes, attacks, vandalism, shootings, arson and casualties in Dhaka, the capital, surrounding the students' 'complete shutdown' or all-out blockade program. The occupying Awami police force attacked the protest processions in almost all educational institutions across the country.
Besides the students of public universities, the students of private universities also took the main charge of the movement on this day. On this day, a total of 40 people were was being martyred, including Mugdha. On this day, the clashes took place in various places of the capital. Besides the police, the autocratic government deployed BGB across the country. At one point, there was a clash between the students who were agitating for quota reform and the police. At this time, Liton was crossing the road in the Badda area to go to a house for work. There he was shot and injured, after which Liton was admitted to Kurmitola Hospital in Dhaka. There he died under treatment. Later, the police took his body to Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital for autopsy. His family is speechless at his death.
That is why in the words of the poet,
‘Why do sorrows come in procession like this
Stopping the pulse of the lives of the working people?
Why do sorrows love them again and again
Covering their life full of laughter and tears with silence?’
Shaheed Md. Liton at a glance
Name : Md. Liton
Date of Birth : 10-12-1988
Place of Birth : Sonar Bangla, Betagi, Barguna
Occupation : Tiles Mason
Permanent Address : Village: Sonar Bangla, Thana: Betagi, District: Barguna
Father : Md. Toyab Ali
Mother : Mosammat Monowara Begum
Assailant : Awami League Terrorist Police
Date and Place of Injury : 18-07-2024, Badda, Dhaka
Date and Place of Death : 18-07-2024, Kurmitola Hospital, Dhaka
Burial Place : His Village
Proposals
1. It would be helpful to bear the cost of the father's treatment.
2. A decent housing arrangement can be made.
3. Monthly or one-time assistance is needed.