Md: Sohanur Rahman (Shibab)

Sohanur Rahman (Shibab), a meritorious 3rd year honors student of Government MM College, used to help his father's business along with his studies. He was born on 30th April 1998. Although the financial condition of the family was somehow good, Sohan always dreamed of taking himself and his family to a better position. Shaheed Sohan, a resident of Kismat Nawapara in Jessore city, was the light of hope for the family. He has a four-year-old son named Tayman Rahman Sawab. Shaheed Sohan's father, Anwar Hossain Laltu, runs his own business, a fertilizer and pesticide factory.
Shaheed Md. Sohanur Rahman (Shibab)
The 2024 quota reform movement in Bangladesh was a burning chapter, which is an important milestone in the struggle for the rights of students and common people of the country. The peaceful movement against the quota received public support from the very beginning and quickly spread throughout the country. Despite the terrorist attacks of Chhatra League and Jubo League and the strict repressive policy of the government, the pace of the movement continued to increase. When seven students, including Abu Saeed, were killed on July 16, the movement gained more momentum and created a huge reaction among the common people. To suppress this logical movement, the autocratic government shut down the internet and carried out a massive genocide. They even killed people by shooting from helicopters, which caused a storm of condemnation all over the world. Finally, overwhelmed by the massive movement of the students and the public, the fascist government resigned and fled the country.
Victory processions were held across the country in celebration, but even in the midst of that joy, a tragic incident took place in Jessore, and Sohanur Rahman Shibab was martyred there. Sohan, a meritorious 3rd year honors student of Government MM College, used to help his father's business along with his studies. Although the financial condition of the family was in somehow good condition, Sohan always dreamed of taking himself and his family to a better position. Shaheed Sohan, a resident of Kismat Nawapara in Jessore city, was the light of hope for the family. He has a four-year-old son named Tayman Rahman Sawab. Shaheed Sohan's father, Anwar Hossain Laltu, runs his own business, a fertilizer and pesticide factory.
How he was martyred
Shaheed Sohan was active from the very beginning of the anti-discrimination student and public quota reform movement. On August 5, the students and the public occupied the streets of Jessore and became vocal with slogans demanding the one-point demand for the fall of the autocrat. When the news of the fall of the bloodthirsty autocrat spread at 2 pm, huge number of students and the public rushed towards the city with a victory procession from all sides. At this time, some miscreants set fire to the printing press and Zabeer Hotel of Shahin Chaklador, the former Awami League MP, the terror of Jessore, who attacked the students and the public. The students participating in the procession entered the hotel to rescue the people trapped inside.
At one point, when the heat of the fire increased, a section of the rescuing crowd got trapped inside the hotel. Shaheed Sohan left his younger brother Rohan below the hotel and entered the hotel to rescue his friends. But later he could not come out. After a while, he spoke to his younger brother with gestures from the 5th floor of the hotel and asked them to rescue him. As the situation worsened, the younger brother called his father and tried in various ways to rescue his brother. After five hours of trying, the fire service rescue team brought the fire under control and rescued the injured and the dead and admitted them to Jessore Sadar Hospital. Later, Shaheed Sohan's body was identified in the Jessore Sadar Hospital morgue. He was buried in his village home of Gurulia.
Comments about the martyr
Shaheed Sohan was always talkative and friendly. The neighbors loved him very much. He was the center of attraction and the light of hope for the family.
Personal Information of the Shaheed at a Glance
Name : Md: Sohanur Rahman (Shibab)
Occupation : Student
Address : Kismat Nawapara, Jessore Sadar, Jessore
Date of Birth : 30/04/1998
Father : Anwar Hossain Laltu (50)
Father's Occupation : Business
Mother's Name : Kohinur Akter (45)
Mother's Occupation : Housewife
Martyr's Brother : Tanvir Hasan Rohan (22)
Occupation : Student. Honors, Uposhohor Degree College
Martyr's Son : Tayman Rahman Sawab
Age : 4 months
Suggestions for the Martyr's Family
1. Arrange regular allowance for the martyr's family.
2. Bear all the expenses of living and education for the martyr's infant child.
3. Arrange for employment for the martyr's wife.