Maruf Hossain

Martyr Maruf Hasan was born on December 7, 2005, in the village of Hesam Uddin, Kazirhat Thana, Bhashanchar Union, Barisal district, to a family of limited means. His father was Md. Idris Ali, and his mother was Morium Begum. Among their three sons, Shaheed Maruf, the eldest, was the apple of his parents' eyes. Shaheed's childhood and adolescence were spent in his village home in Barisal. He also studied in Barisal. After passing the Higher Secondary examination from Barisal Ekota Degree College, he came to Dhaka with the aim of assisting his father, a fuchka vendor, in his business.
Background of the Incident
On June 5, 2024, when the Bangladesh Supreme Court declared the quota reform system and circular abolished by the Bangladesh government on October 4, 2018, as illegal, general students erupted in protest. As a result, the quota reform movement started with the demand for reforming the prevailing quota-based recruitment system in all types of government jobs in Bangladesh. Instead of considering this logical demand of the students, various levels of MPs, ministers of the then fascist Hasina government, and various levels of leaders of the ruling party began to belittle and mock, which further angered the protesting students.
These baseless boasts and taunts of government ministers, MPs, and ruling party leaders provoked the government law enforcement agencies—the police and RAB, which had turned into Hasina's loyal forces—to attack the unarmed protesting students. Along with the police and RAB, the ruling party's stick-wielding forces also pounced like hyenas on unarmed innocent students in various parts of the country with weapons, seriously injuring hundreds of students.
Meanwhile, when the then fascist autocratic Prime Minister, the bloodthirsty killer Hasina, called the protesting general students "descendants of Razakars," the general students erupted in protest. Thousands of students gathered at Shahbagh intersection and Dhaka University TSC premises in the capital to protest. As this wave of student protests spread in all directions, the Dhaka University administration unjustly declared the university closed and ordered the students to vacate the halls. Following this illegal and unjust announcement of Dhaka University, the pro-fascist administrations of Jahangirnagar University and Jagannath University also declared their universities closed.
When public universities were closed, the movement spread to private university campuses. Among the private universities, the general students of BRAC University in Badda, Dhaka, were at the forefront. Shaheed Maruf Hasan used to assist his fuchka vendor father in his business near BRAC University in Badda, the capital.
Accepting Martyrdom
On July 16, when Abu Sayeed, a brilliant student of the English Department of Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur, was shot dead in cold blood by a member of the loyal police force, the general public took to the streets to support the students and began to protest. As the volume of public protests increased, so did the government's loyal forces and the Awami League, Jubo League, and Chhatra League's vandalism in the name of suppressing the movement.
The spirited young man, Shaheed Maruf Hasan, could not silently endure this unjust oppression of the government on the general students and citizens. He joined the anti-discrimination student movement with the protesting BRAC University students. Like other days in July, on Friday, July 19, 2024, the holy day of Jumu'ah, Shaheed Maruf Hasan was on the field with the general students throughout the day. Throughout the day, there were repeated clashes between the unarmed students and citizens and the government's loyal forces and Awami League terrorists.
Around six o'clock in the evening, the police force, allies of the autocrat, heinously attacked the protesting students in the university area with heavy firearms. Shaheed Maruf Hasan's chest was riddled with the bullets. of the fiends. The tragic irony is that although he was martyred by bullets on July 19, the martyr's body could not be found for two days. After long time searching, Shaheed Maruf Hasan's body was found in the morgue of Dhaka Medical College two days after the incident. On July 21, after the funeral in Badda, he was buried in the local graveyard.

Martyr's Personal Information at a Glance
Name : Maruf Hossain
Father : Mohammad Idris
Age : 44
Profession : Business
Mother : Morium Begum
Age : 38
Profession : Housewife
Siblings : Three brothers
Martyr's Position : Eldest
Address : Village: Hesam Uddin, Union: Bhashanchar, Thana: Kazirhat
District: Barisal
Place of Martyrdom : In front of BRAC University, Badda, Dhaka.
Date of Martyrdom : 19/07/2024
Type of Injury : Shot in the chest by police bullets
Suggestions : 1. To set up a business establishment for the small businessman father.
2. To take responsibility for the education of the two younger brothers.
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