Sheikh Fahmin Jafar

"If I die, leave my body on the road"
Martyr Sheikh Fahmin Jafar was a brave soldier of the anti-discrimination student movement. He was born on July 10, 2006 in Rajshahi. His ancestral home is in Taratia village of Raghurampur Union under Shahagola police station in Naogaon district. Fahmin participated in the SSC examination in 2023 from Rajshahi Collegiate School and passed with GPA 5. Then he got admitted to the science department of Tongi Government College. Although his parents advised him to become a doctor, his dream since childhood was to become an engineer. Fahmin's mother, Kazi Lulul Makhmin, left Rajshahi and came to Dhaka for her son's education.
Fahmin used to draw pictures since childhood. There are several awards for Math Olympiad and Science Fair displayed in the house. The science club of Tongi College became lively under his leadership. This versatile patriotic boy also regularly wrote poems on various issues of the country.
How he answered the call of Allah
18 July 2024, Thursday. Mrs. Lulul Makhmin has just prepared lunch and waiting for eating food. She and her two sons reside in a rented home on Gawair Madrasa Road in Dakkshinkhan, close to Abdullahpur, Dhaka. Because of his job, her husband, Abu Jafar, and their younger son, Fardin, reside in Rajshahi. Fardin attends Gazak College, where he is a student in the eleventh grade. The middle son, Fahmin, was enrolled in the twelfth grade at Tongi Government College, while the older son, Farhan, was pursuing a BBA at Bangladesh University of Business and Technology.
On July 11, Fahmin's first-year final test concluded. Fahmin participated in the 'full shutdown' program of the anti-discrimination student movement on July 18 in Azampur, Uttara, together with other courageous students. The autocrat government’s subservient police force began firing and hurling tear shells at the students' non-violent protests around 11 a.m. The police were joined by the Jubo League terrorist force. Both the police and the Jubo League opened fire barbarically to push the students away from Azampur's major route.
The incident happened around 10:30 am on July 18. Fahmin left the house for the movement. Before leaving, he asked his mother for blessings so that he could return home successfully from this movement. Mrs Lulul Makhmin's heart trembled with an unknown fear. Even then, she did not discourage her son from going to the movement as he wanted to take part in the movement for justice. If she didn't, she could have suffered from guilt. However, she told both her sons to come and have lunch on time.
But Noon turns into afternoon. But none of the sons return.
Later, it was known that when the police started firing indiscriminately to disperse the protesters, the students started running in all directions, unable to withstand the continuous firing. Fahmin fell on the stairs of Rajuk Market, riddled with shotgun pellets in his back near his right hand. Fellow agitators rescued him and took him to Uttara Red Crescent Hospital.
Meanwhile, at Fahmin's house, her mother's worries knew no bounds. Her sons did not come home to eat even after being told repeatedly. The clock was about to strike three in the afternoon. News came that Fahmin was admitted to the hospital. Mrs. Lulul Makhmin’s started feeling that she might become faint. She rushed to the hospital immediately. At Uttara Crescent Hospital, she saw Fahmin's bloody corpse. Lulul Makhmin became fainted as soon as she saw the bullet-riddled bloody corpse of her son. By then, the on-duty doctor also declared Fahmin dead. With Fahmin's martyrdom, another dream of becoming an engineer became shattered in the struggle to end discrimination, created by the autocrat regime.
When she regained senses, Mrs. Lulul Makhmin started journey with her son's body towards Atrai in Naogaon. After the funeral there, the martyr's body was buried in the family graveyard in Taratia village.
Lulul Makhmin's tearful eyes, today are full with the memories of her beloved son. Only Fahmin's last words ringing in her ears - "If I die, leave my body on the street. After the demands are met and the country is calm, bring my body from the street and bury it. If many like me die, everyone's body will lie on the street. Many mothers will help you, don't worry."
Martyrdom
On Thursday, July 18, 2024, at around 2 PM, Shaheed Fahmin was martyred shortly after being injured by police-Jubo League bullets while taking part in a protest in Azampur, Uttara. He was buried in Taratia village, Naogaon district.
Family condition
The only breadwinner in Shaheed Fahmin Jafar's family is his father, Sheikh Abu Jafar. He works in an insurance company in Rajshahi. His monthly income is 30 thousand Taka. His wife has been living in a rented house in Dhaka for the last two years with her two elder sons so that they can study well in a better school.
Need for cooperation
Monthly or annual assistance can be provided to the martyr's mother or assistance can be provided to the father to set up a business or to the other two brothers to facilitate their education.
Personal Information of the Shaheed at a Glance
Full name of the martyr : Sheikh Fahmin Jafar
Born : July 10, 2006, Rajshahi
Martyr's profession : Student, Tongi Government College, Twelfth class, Science Department
Father : Sheikh Abu Jafar (62), Private employee
Mother : Kazi Lulul Makhmin (47), Housewife
Number of siblings : The martyrs are 3 brothers
Position among siblings : 2nd
Permanent address : Taratia village of Raghurampur Union under Shahagola Atrai
police station in Naogaon district
Current address : 45, Jamal Manzil, Gawair Madrasa Road, Dakkshinkhan, Uttara, Dhaka
Other family members : 2 brothers
Elder brother : Sheikh Farhan Jafar (22), Student, IUT, EEE.
Younger brother : Sheikh Fardin Jafar (17), Student, Rajshahi Gazak College, Eleventh class