Abu Bakar Rifat

On June 14, 2001, Shaheed Abu Bakar Rifat was born into a poor middle-class family in Dhaka's Matuail neighborhood of Kadamtali. His mother, Mst. Beauty Akhtar, is a homemaker, while his father, Mr. Md. Awlad Hossain, works as a grocer. Shaheed Abu Bakar Rifat has a sister and two additional siblings. Md. Mahbubur Rahman Rana and Md. Saim Ahmed are his two older brothers. Mst. Samia Akhtar, the younger sister.
Shaheed Abu Bakar Rifat
Shaheed Abu Bakar Rifat, one of the brothers, had a strong interest in religion from an early age. Additionally, his parents had a dream that their youngest son would become a Qur'anic Hafiz. He was accepted into a nearby Qawmi Madrasa as a result. He quickly committed six passages of the Qur'an to memory. However, he was unable to finish memorizing the entire Qur'an because of a number of family issues. After some time, he was admitted to Mohammadbagh Adarsha Junior School. In 2020, he successfully passed the JSC examination under the Dhaka Board. But due to the family's financial problems, his studies had to be stopped here. Later, he was employed as a worker in a cloth shop in Bangabazar.
He participated in the anti-discrimination movement and was martyred on August 5, 2024, by police and Jubo League bullets.
Incident of Martyrdom
In the face of the anti-discrimination student movement, on August 5, 2024, the autocratic head of government, Sheikh Hasina, fled the country. Immediately after the resignation, students and people across the country took out processions of joy. On that day, millions of freedom-seeking people participated in the joyous procession from all the important points of the movement in the capital. The procession started from the Rayerbagh area of Dhaka and headed towards Jatrabari. There, the police opened indiscriminate fire on the people. Many people were injured and immediately fell on the spot due to police bullets.
Shaheed Abu Bakar was also there. Several bullets hit his chest. His body was shattered in an instant. His lifeless body lay on the ground. No one could even come to rescue him. Later, when the police attack subsided slightly, local people rescued him and took him to a private hospital in Matuail. There the doctor declared him dead.
Family condition
Shaheed Abu Bakar Rifat is the youngest among 4 siblings. His father is a grocer and his two elder brothers are working in Saudi Arabia. And the younger sister, Mst. Samia Akhtar, is studying in the Sharhe Bekaya Jamaat at Darul Uloom Women's Qawmi Madrasa. There is a small 1-story house on 6 decimals of land in the Jatrabari Mohammadbagh area.
Relatives' statements about the martyr
Cousin Md. Junaid said, “Shaheed Abu Bakar Rifat was a very good-natured person. He completed the memorization of 6 sections of the Qur'an. He was known as a pious young man in the area. He always tried to help people. He was active from the very beginning in the anti-discrimination student movement.”
Information about the Martyr at a glance
Name : Shaheed Abu Bakar Rifat
Profession : Shop employee
Date of birth : 14/06/2001
Place of birth : Dhaka
Father : Mr. Md. Awlad Hossain, Profession: Grocer
Mother : Mst. Beauty Akhtar, Profession: Housewife
Date of injury : August 5, 2024, approximately 2:30 pm
Date and place of martyrdom : August 5, 2024, Jatrabari
Permanent and current address : East Kadamtali, Matuail, Dhaka