Abu Yusuf

The uncomplicated and verdant Satghar village of Gobindpur Union, located in Comilla District's Laksam Upazila. On February 1, 1984, Shaheed Abu Yusuf was born in this village. Md. Shahid Mia is the name of his father. Ten years have passed since his death. Morium Begum is the name of his mother. Growing up, Shaheed Abu Yusuf lived in Satghar village. He completed some schooling there, outgrew his childhood and adolescence, and moved to Dhaka in order to make a living. He was employed at a bookshop before to his martyrdom.
The context of the movement
In July 2024, Shaheed Mohammad Yusuf came to know about the anti-discrimination student-public movement from his colleagues. Four years ago, in 2018, the general students of the university started the anti-quota student movement. That year they were forced to return home empty-handed due to the arbitrariness and stubbornness of the autocratic government. That movement of general students has returned again in 2024 under the name of anti-discrimination student-public movement.
Yusuf, along with the little children, could understand how much struggle and sacrifice is needed in this country to achieve just and fair demands. In June 2024, the students saw that they were again being victimized by the cunning tricks of the discriminatory conscious government. So, from the very beginning of July, when the university students determined the streets as the last address for the realization of their demands, Shaheed Yusuf started regularly taking updates of the movement in between work.
The systematic movement of general students of different universities of the country is going on in the streets. Meanwhile, the autocratic Awami government took up arms against the unarmed general students. On July 16, the killer police indiscriminately shot at the innocent-unarmed general students who were agitating.
A total of 6 students from different universities including Abu Sayeed, a student of Rangpur Rokeya University, were martyred. This incident stirred up every public and private university in the country. Many school college students joined the movement. Shaheed Mohammad Yusuf also joined.
How he was martyred
July 20, 2024, Saturday. The third day of the anti-discrimination student-public movement was going on. The government-imposed curfew on this day to stop the uprising. The killer police and terrorist Awami League attacked the people by switching off the internet. Pedestrians, shopkeepers, drivers and even patients and their relatives in ambulances could not escape the police attack. Shaheed Abu Yusuf was a victim of such a brutal massacre. On that day, he had returned home after seeing his brother Khokon at Dhaka Medical College Hospital. On the way, they fell in the middle of a clash between the police and the protesters. The police fired indiscriminately at the protesters. A bullet hit Shaheed Abu Yusuf. He fell to the ground on the spot. Shaheed Abu Yusuf drank the nectar of martyrdom on the way to the hospital. He left behind his wife, mother and a daughter.
How is the martyr's family
There is now a mourning in the family of Shaheed Abu Yusuf. The financial condition of the family is very deplorable. Yusuf used to live in Dhaka with his small family and mother. As soon as she remembers her son, her mother cries out and says, "Give me back my son. I would have loved him a little." He has a seven-year-old daughter. There is no one to take care of the family as he was martyred. Wife Rehena Begum is very worried about her only daughter. She says, "I have nothing now. I am now disoriented. I don't understand how to eat, how to live. What will happen to my daughter now?"
Duty-conscious Shaheed Abu Yusuf
Shaheed Abu Yusuf was a very duty-conscious person. He was responsible to his family and society. He was martyred while going to treat his brother, in this regard, neighbor Abdul Majid said, "The very simple Shaheed Abu Yusuf was very responsible to his family. The poor man was martyred while going to treat his brother. We want justice for this brutal murder.
Shaheed Md. Yusuf: A Summary
Name: Md. Yusuf
Profession: Book seller
Date of Birth: February 1, 1984
Date of Injury and Martyrdom: July 20, 2024, Saturday
Place of Martyrdom: Shanir Akhra
Burial: His native village
Grave's GPS Location: 23°13'03.5"N 91°04'42.8"E
Permanent Address: Satghar, Gobindpur, Laksam, Comilla
Father: Md. Shahid Mia
Mother: Morium Begum
Condition of House and Property: There is a tin house. There is a small homestead land.
Details of Children: One daughter, 7 years old
Proposals
1. Need for housing. Estimated cost: 5 lakh taka
2. Bear the cost of the daughter's education
3. Buy a CNG for the family, from which they can earn 1000 taka daily by giving it into rent