Md. Mamun

Shaheed Md. Mamun was born in 1983 in Patuakhali district. His father's name is the late Mozaffar Howlader and his mother's name is Mosammat Helena Begum. He was working as a security guard in a company at Pagla Taltala Balur Ghat in Narayanganj. He is the father of a son and a daughter. His son Zakaria Islam Joy studies in class 8 and his daughter Zidni is 4 years old. His dream was to educate his son and daughter and make them good human beings. But that was not to be. He had to give his life under the wrath of the oppressor. During the anti-discrimination student-public movement, he was subjected to police torture. On July 22, 2024, the government's killers kidnapped him. On August 6, his dead body was returned.
Family condition
Shaheed Md. Mamun is the child of a poor family. His family's financial condition is not good. Due to poverty, he left his district of Patuakhali and came to Narayanganj, Dhaka to live with his parents. He lived in Narayanganj from a young age. His father passed away 10 years ago. His mother now lives in the village. In his 18 years of married life, he was the father of a son and a daughter. He was a security guard in a company at Pagla Taltala Balur Ghat in Narayanganj. His only son Joy is a student of class 8. His 4-year-old daughter Zidni has not yet grown up to understand everything. The children have become guardian less due to the death of their father.
Incident of Martyrdom
For sixteen long years, the people of this country have been subjected to oppression by the dictatorial administration of Sheikh Hasina. She was more oppressive, exploitative, and torturous than anyone in history. Every industry experienced extreme levels of discrimination. The general populace grew upset and began searching for a path to liberty. The public and students demanded a movement to end the quota discrimination at that very moment. This movement started out as a student and public movement before progressively expanding to include the entire population. Instead of embracing the public's and students' legitimate demands, the government began to repress them. Conflicts arose when the police blocked the flow of traffic. People across the country expressed solidarity with the movement.
People across the country took to the streets in response to the call for the movement. The government attacked the unarmed people through its party henchmen and the helmet forces of the Chhatra League and Jubo League. Even then, the common people did not back down. They remained steadfast in their demands. They fought from the streets. Then the government adopted a different path. It made a failed attempt to suppress the movement through disappearances, murders, arrests and killings, etc. The government violated the human rights of the people.
One of the atrocities of the Awami government was to pick up people with opposing views from their homes in the dead of night and torture them. Countless innocent people were brought to the DB custody and subjected to unspeakable torture. They did not even admit to their arrest. Many people died as a result of torture and their whereabouts were not even found. One of them was Shaheed Md. Mamun.
On the evening of July 22, individuals posing as law enforcement personnel picked up Shaheed Md. Mamun from his place of employment, Kuddus & Sons Balur Ghat in Pagla Taltala, which is under the Fatullah police station in Narayanganj. Even after visiting the police station, the family was denied access to Mamun the following morning. Family members used to visit Mamun every day after that, but the police forbade them from doing so. In police custody, he endured cruel abuse. Additionally, he was threatened with death. Meanwhile, his family was forced to pay a ransom of 30,000 Taka when they came to see.
It was said that if 30 thousand Taka was given, he would be easily released by showing him arrested in an ordinary case. Otherwise, he would not be released. Rather, he would be sent to jail by filing a serious case against him. And he will not be able to get out. But it was impossible for his family to give 30 thousand Taka at that moment. The family members came to the police station and pleaded a lot. But the cruel police did not listen to any of their pleas. Rather, the level of torture was increased. Unable to bear the torture, Mamun fell ill.
When the condition became critical and there was no chance of survival, the police admitted him to the hospital. As usual, when his family members went to visit him on August 6, the police informed that Mamun was admitted in the hospital. Going to the hospital, it was seen that Mamun's lifeless body was lying there; but the family was not even informed about the death. This is how the police killed Mamun. Such an inhuman death could not be accepted by his family in any way. Both the son and the daughter broke down in tears at the death of their father.
Burial
Mamun's body was brought to his village home in Pankhali village of Galachipa Upazila in the middle of the night on Tuesday, August 6. After the Funeral Prayer (Namaz-e-Janaza), the body was buried in the family graveyard.
Shaheed Md. Mamun at a glance
Name : Shaheed Md. Mamun
Birth : 20-01-1983
Place of Birth : Patuakhali
Occupation : Security Guard
Father : Mr. Mozaffar Howlader
Mother : Mosammat Helena Begum
Date of Martyrdom : August 6, 2024, after being tortured while in police custody
Permanent Address : Village: Pankhila, Union: Chiknikandi, Thana: Galachipa, District: Patuakhali
Current Address : 64 Pagla Purba Para, Islamia Bazar, Kutubpur, Fatullah, Narayanganj
Proposals
1. Providing a one-time financial grant and regular monthly allowance to the Shaheed's family
2. Bearing all expenses including the education of the Shaheed's children
3. Bearing the expenses of the Shaheed's parents