Md. Shahabuddin

"Father Became a Veteran
Son Became a Martyr in the Same Procession"
Shaheed Md. Shahabuddin was born on February 25, 1987, in Char Samaiya village of Bhola district to Abdul Kalam and Monowara Bibi. The family of Abdul Kalam and Monowara Bibi consisted of five members. The martyr's father was a small businessman. To manage the struggling family, he came to Dhaka 63 years ago. In Dhaka, the martyr's father started a rice hotel business. The martyr's mother was a homemaker. Shahabuddin and his wife lived with his parents in a rented house in Dhaka.
Shahabuddin's life was very challenging. He did not have much opportunity to study due to poverty. He was hardworking from childhood. Besides taking care of his father's business, he drove a CNG to support the family.
How He Became a Martyr
This movement was primarily a legitimate quota reform movement of students. And to resist this legitimate quota reform movement, the autocratic fascist Hasina government and its henchmen goons carried out a surprise attack on Dhaka University on July 15 through Chhatra League, creating a heinous incident. In protest of the surprise attack, the anti-discrimination student movement gave a nationwide protest march program the next day. Through which the movement intensified. The movement spread to all districts. To suppress the movement, on the instructions of important MPs of the government, the controversial party student organization Chhatra League carried out surprise attacks on the peaceful gatherings of general students and injured numerous students.
Six people were martyred across Bangladesh that day. The first one was Shaheed Abu Sayeed, a student of Begum Rokeya University. From July 17, private university students took to the streets in protest of the attack on the peaceful gathering and in support of the anti-discrimination movement. Students called for blocking the streets. At their call, students and the public took to the streets. To disperse the protesters from the streets, the autocratic government's assassin police and RAB used batons, tear gas, rubber bullets, pellet guns, and sound grenades. The protesters immediately ran for safe shelter. The number of bullet injuries increased. Many of the injured died on the spot due to excessive bleeding and failure to take them to the hospital in time. The line of dead bodies became longer and longer. They seemed to be enjoying the killing. Panic spread among the general public across the country.
Angry students announced a complete shutdown blockade program across the country on the night of July 17 through video messages. On July 18, BGB was deployed in 5 districts including Dhaka in the center of the all-out blockade program. On the instructions of the fascist government, internet service was shut down across the country. From the next day, the police, RAB, and BGB started a massacre by indiscriminately firing bullets in the blockade program. The autocratic government imposed a curfew that night so that the students and the public could not come out. The demands of the student-public genocide movement, conducted by the henchmen forces of the fascist autocracy, then turned into a 1-point demand.
On August 5, to make the previously announced 'March for Dhaka' successful, businessman father Abul Kalam and Shahabuddin closed the shop and joined the mass movement of students and the public. At noon, news came that mafia government chief Sheikh Hasina had resigned and fled the country. As this news spread, children, men, and women across the country took to the streets in celebration of victory. Sweet shops started to empty. All the statues made by the autocratic government, wasting crores of rupees of the country, started to be broken. Eid's joy started everywhere.
At approximately 7:30, a victory procession was going on near Sher-e-Bangla Nagar intersection. When the procession came in front of Sher-e-Bangla Nagar police station, the fascist scoundrel police force fired indiscriminately at the jubilant crowd. A bullet fired by the police hit Shahabuddin's head and another bullet hit his leg. Shahabuddin immediately fell to the ground. Amidst the heated situation, the protesters rescued him at great risk and took him to the Pangu Hospital first. After initial treatment, he was transferred to the Neuro Science Hospital as an emergency. At 8:30 PM, the doctor on duty declared him dead.
Full Name : Md. Shahabuddin
Date of Birth : 25-02-1987
Father's Name : Abul Kalam
Mother's Name : Monowara Bibi
Occupation : Homemaker
Wife's Name : Bibi Halima
Age : 35, Occupation: Homemaker
Family Members : 5
Monthly Family Income : 15,000 Taka
Number of Sons and Daughters : Two daughters
Elder Daughter : Mosa: Lamiya, Age 14, Secondary School, Seventh Grade
2. Younger Daughter : Sanjida, Age seven, Swadesh Mrittika Adarsha Bidyaniketan, First Grade
Occupation : CNG Driver
Permanent Address : Village: Char Sumaiya, Union: Chandra Prasad, Thana: Sadar, District: Bhola
Current Address : Ward No. 28, Area: Sher-e-Bangla Nagar-1207, Thana: Sher-e-Bangla Nagar
District: Dhaka
Place of Incident : In front of Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Police Station
Assailant : Gunfire from Armed Forces
Time of Injury : August 5, 2024, 7:30 PM
Time and Place of Death : August 5, 2024, 8:30 PM, Neuro Science Hospital
Martyr's Grave Location : Bhola