Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus reached Rangpur on Saturday morning by a helicopter to meet the family members of Abu Sayed, according to Chief Adviser’s Press Wing.
He offered munajat at the grave of Abu Sayed seeking devine blessings for his soul.
Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Adviser Md Nahid Islam and Youth and Sports Adviser Asif Mahmud Sajeeb Bhuiyan were accompanying the Chief Adviser.
Prof Yunus visited Sayed’s home and condoled his family members. Sayed’s parents, six bothers and three sisters were present.
Chief Adviser Yunus to visit martyr Abu Sayeed's family in Rangpur
The he will go to Rangpur Medical College Hospital to see the injured persosns.
Abu Sayed was the first student killed in police firing during the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement. Sayed, a student of Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur, was shot dead on July 16.
His death sparks agitation among the student protestors which led to the fall of Awami League government on August 5.
In his first speech after arrival in Dhaka on Thursday, Nobel Laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus recalled Begum Rokeya University Student Abu Sayed and said he will remain in the hearts of all in Bangladesh forever.
“…Abu Sayed’s image in the heart of every person in Bangladesh. No one will be able to forget it. The incredible courageous youth was standing in front of the guns,” he told in emotion-choked voice while speaking to the media at the airport.
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