Hafez Mohammad Zubayer Ahmad

"They Did Not Let Live the
Freedom-Loving
Young Hero of an Independent
Country"
Hafez Mohammad Zubayer Ahmad was born on August 13, 2007, in Lahinipara village of Kushtia district. His father's name is Mohammad Kamal Uddin and his mother's name is Molina Begum. He received his primary education from the village school. Later, after completing the memorization of the Holy Quran from Khilgaon Mohammadia Hafizul Ulum Madrasa in Dhaka, he was admitted to the neighboring Al Jamiatul Islamia Makhzanul Ulum Qawmi Madrasa. He has a younger brother named Junaid Ahmad, who is also a Hafez of the Holy Quran.
24's Victory Celebration
From the beginning of the movement, the assassin police force and the autocratic government's terrorist forces continued to attack the students indiscriminately. From July 2 to August 5, students from various institutions in different parts of the country held demonstrations, human chains, highway blockades, etc. The coordinators of the anti-discrimination student movement announced various programs from the premises of Dhaka University, known as the Oxford of the East. The fascist Hasina's nurtured party cadres and law enforcement agencies carried out repression against the students and the public by firing tear shells, rubber bullets, pellet guns, disappearances, murders, torture, and filing cases to thwart the programs. Awami's notorious terrorists jumped on ordinary students with domestic weapons and rifles.
As the movement continued for a long time, the then killer ruler Sheikh Hasina announced a curfew on August 5, 2024. Breaking that curfew, students and the general public took positions in the alleys of the capital. Then, at two o'clock, news came in the media that Sheikh Hasina had resigned and fled the country. Millions of students and the general public started celebrating victory on the streets of Dhaka and across the country.
The month in which he was born is the month of his death! The only difference is the year. So is that month still for celebration? Or for mourning?
The Context of the Martyr
On August 5, 2024, people across the country held a program to surround Ganabhaban. The general public gathered in Shahbagh from different areas of Dhaka. Later, they set off together for Ganabhaban. As a result, the Hasina government was forced to resign and flee to India. Victory processions were held across the country. Zubayer left his house in the afternoon to join that procession. The procession moved forward. The police force, the accomplices of the autocrat Hasina, started firing from all sides. Suddenly, several bullets hit Zubayer's stomach. He fell to the ground. The students and the general public present quickly took him to Mugda Medical. Blood flowed from his chest and stomach. Doctors tried their best to save him. Still, it was not possible to save him in the end. Shaheed Zubayer was martyred on the hospital bed at 07:30 PM by the killer's bullet. Later, the martyr's body was taken to his village home. Shaheed patriot hero Hafez Zubayer Ahmad was laid to rest in Lahinipara Central Graveyard.
"I had a strange greed, a greed to live, but with my head held high,
I went to the procession saying I will not bow my head to injustice, irregularities, slavery,
The shameless bullet of the so-called weapon hit my head!
In the storm of death sea, I became a corpse."
Shaheed Zubayer Ahmad at a Glance
Name : Hafez Mohammad Zubayer Ahmad
Father's Name : Mohammad Kamal Uddin
Mother's Name : Molina Begum
Occupation : Student
Madrasa Name : Al-Jamiatul Islamia Makhzanul Ulum Khilgaon, Dhaka-1219
Permanent Address : Village: Lahinipara, Post Office: Mohini Mill, Thana: Kumarkhali
District: Kushtia
Death Certificate No. : 20072692002283733
Date of Death : 05/08/2024
Cause of Death : Injured by police gunfire, later died at Mugda General Hospital
Graveyard : Lahinipara Central Graveyard, Lahinipara, Kumarkhali, Kushtia
Date of Birth : 13/08/2007
Age : (17)