Sunday, 09 March, 2025
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Mahbub Al-Hasan Mun, 21, who sustained an injury in police firing during the anti-discrimination student movement in front of Begum Rokeya University on July 16, still bears 150 pellets and needs urgent treatment abroad.
While participating in an indomitable protest march of the anti-discrimination student movement, Mun was seriously injured by police fire just half an hour before martyr Abu Sayeed was shot there that day.
Due to the family's financial hardship, Mun has not yet received proper treatment abroad as advised by doctors to relieve the pain and suffering of having 150 pellets inside his body, including in his head, face, nose, and hands.
Born into a lower-middle-class family, Mun came to Rangpur in 2022 after passing the SCC (Vocational) examination from Kishoreganj upazila of Nilphamari district.
His dream was to become well-educated and do something for his poor parents.
Despite their hopes, aspirations and efforts, his parents could not provide adequate facilities for Mun to continue his studies in the best educational institutions of the country.
However, Mun was admitted to the Mechanical Engineering Department of Rangpur Polytechnic Institute in 2022.
He is currently in his seventh semester. He has only one semester left to complete his course.
But, Mun does not know if he will be able to complete his course. He carries 150 bullets inside his body.
Due to severe headaches and pain all over his body, Mun always feels unwell, cannot concentrate on studying and cannot even sleep properly. Sometimes, he suddenly forgets what he knows very well.
While talking to BSS recently, Mun said he is the youngest among two daughters and the only son of his parents living in the village Panial Pukur Purbapara under the Kishoreganj upazila of Nilphamari district.
His farmer father Md Abdul Khaleque, 45, has 64 decimals of cultivable land and his mother Most Munni Begum, 40, is a housewife.
His parents married their eldest daughter Khushi Akhter, 26, to Mohammad Tanvir Zakaria, 32, of Bhabaniganj village in Sadar upazila of Nilphamari, while she was an intermediate second-year student.
Tanvir Zakaria is a freelancer and currently lives with family in a rented house in the bus terminal area of Rangpur city.
Mun also lives with his brother-in-law Zakaria Tanvir in Rangpur city and continues his studies with his assistance.
The Khushi-Zakaria couple has a daughter Tanzila, 6, and a son Toha, 18 months.
Mun’s other sister Eti Akhter, 22, was married to school teacher Polash Mia, 28, of Pandit Para area in Kishoreganj upazila of Nilphamari. The couple has a daughter Rifa Moni, 4.
Mun said, “Like in the previous days, student coordinators asked every one of our Rangpur Polytechnic Institute to come to the institute’s ground at 3 pm on July 16 to participate in the protest march of the anti-discrimination student movement.”
The students of the institute started gathering there from 12 noon.
“At 1 pm, I told my class captain Al Beruni Russo that I would go to see if the protest march of students towards Begum Rokeya University had started. I went to Shapla Chattar and joined the protest march that was already crossing that area.”
Mun informed his class captain that the movement had started and was moving towards Begum Rokeya University.
“Then I joined the procession of thousands of students of different educational institutions. Along with the procession, I arrived at the first gate of Begum Rokeya University at 1:30 pm,” Mun said.
Already, there was a mammoth gathering of students when a huge number of police blocked the gate.
“With other students, I told the police that they should leave the gate so that our brother students of the university could enter their respective residential halls,” he said.
Then, because there were so many students, Mun was pushed from behind and he reluctantly fell on the police. And the police immediately charged students indiscriminately with batons.
Mun said, "Everyone started to move backwards. But I turned around again and moved forward, the police backed by the terrorists of the fascist regime rushed in and shot me all over my body exactly between 2:10 and 2:15."
“Even after being shot, I could see the Chhatra League terrorists and the fascist regime's police brutally lathi-charged Abu Sayeed on the opposite side of the road there,” he said.
When Mun was shot and fell down on the ground there, the students quickly arranged to take him to the hospital.
“At that time, no rickshaw puller wanted to take me in their rickshaw. Later, I came to Rangpur Medical Hospital on the motorcycle of a student Sohag of Rangpur Government College,” Mun said.
“When I reached the hospital, I had 200 plus bullets in my whole body, of which some 40 were taken out by doctors. The rest of the pellets are still inside my whole body. I have five bullets in my head and ten bullets in my mouth,” he said.
He said, “I was the only injured student being treated alone at the surgery ward no 6 of Rangpur Medical College Hospital at that time.”
After 30 minutes of the martyrdom of Abu Sayeed, many injured students were admitted to the hospital. There was only crying and wailing everywhere. Many injured students left the hospital due to fear of the police and Chhatra League.
“My physical condition was quite bad, so I could not go anywhere. So I was forced to stay in the hospital. Many police threatened me and the Chhatra League terrorists came and threatened me,” Mun said.
Mun said, “To save me, my brother-in-law Tanvir Zakaria stood by me all night and tried to protect me so that no Chhatra League or autocratic police could come, attack me or arrest me.”
Mun was alone in the hospital for two days. After 1 pm on July 18, hundreds of injured people came to the hospital. Some were injured and some others were martyred.
“I will never forget all these scenes. Even when I sleep, these scenes flash before my eyes,” Mun said.
After leaving the hospital on July 21, Mun joined the movement every day. Even though his physical condition was very bad, he joined the movement daily.
Mun said, “Our only thought was that the autocratic regime should be removed from power. I did not even go to my village in Nilphamari, so that none could say that I am running away in fear as a coward.”
He said, "I tried to be involved in every movement from July 16 to August 5 until the country became independent for the second time."
“After August 5, my physical condition started to worsen. I got treatment at Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka for two days from August 21 when some of my bullets were removed,” Mun said, adding that doctors suggested that I get treatment from abroad.
As per the suggestion of the chief coordinator of Ganosamhati Andolon Junaid Saki, Mun was admitted to Dhaka PG Hospital on September 19, 2024, and remained there under treatment for 20 days. The doctor asked Mun to get treatment from abroad.
“Then I went to Pangu Hospital. The doctors there also suggested that I go abroad for treatment,” Mun said.
“The then Vice-chancellor of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Professor Dr Md Sayedur Rahman told me at PG Hospital that bullets in the human body have not been studied in Bangladesh yet. So, we can’t give you the right treatment now,” Mun said.
He also suggested that I go abroad for better treatment.
On January 14, Mun went to Popular Diagnostic Center 3 in Rangpur City and met a specialist physician and former Principal of Rangpur Medical College Professor Dr. Md Nur Islam, who also suggested that he go abroad to get appropriate treatment.
“After that, my family could not send me abroad due to various crises. My body condition is getting worse day by day and I have not been given any kind of help from anywhere,” Mun said.
Mun has spent about Taka four lakh on his treatment. He has got no assistance so far.
"I will request the interim government to send me abroad for proper treatment. I want to recover and at least live a normal life. I don't want to move towards uncertainty and die slowly...” said Mun.
Mun’s father Abdul Khaleque urged the interim government to send his son abroad to ensure the proper treatment of his only son.
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BSS NEWS
Mahbub Al-Hasan Mun, 21, who sustained an injury in police firing during the anti-discrimination student movement in front of Begum Rokeya University on July 16, still bears 150 pellets and needs urgent treatment abroad.
While participating in an indomitable protest march of the anti-discrimination student movement, Mun was seriously injured by police fire just half an hour before martyr Abu Sayeed was shot there that day.
Due to the family's financial hardship, Mun has not yet received proper treatment abroad as advised by doctors to relieve the pain and suffering of having 150 pellets inside his body, including in his head, face, nose, and hands.
Born into a lower-middle-class family, Mun came to Rangpur in 2022 after passing the SCC (Vocational) examination from Kishoreganj upazila of Nilphamari district.
His dream was to become well-educated and do something for his poor parents.
Despite their hopes, aspirations and efforts, his parents could not provide adequate facilities for Mun to continue his studies in the best educational institutions of the country.
However, Mun was admitted to the Mechanical Engineering Department of Rangpur Polytechnic Institute in 2022.
He is currently in his seventh semester. He has only one semester left to complete his course.
But, Mun does not know if he will be able to complete his course. He carries 150 bullets inside his body.
Due to severe headaches and pain all over his body, Mun always feels unwell, cannot concentrate on studying and cannot even sleep properly. Sometimes, he suddenly forgets what he knows very well.
While talking to BSS recently, Mun said he is the youngest among two daughters and the only son of his parents living in the village Panial Pukur Purbapara under the Kishoreganj upazila of Nilphamari district.
His farmer father Md Abdul Khaleque, 45, has 64 decimals of cultivable land and his mother Most Munni Begum, 40, is a housewife.
His parents married their eldest daughter Khushi Akhter, 26, to Mohammad Tanvir Zakaria, 32, of Bhabaniganj village in Sadar upazila of Nilphamari, while she was an intermediate second-year student.
Tanvir Zakaria is a freelancer and currently lives with family in a rented house in the bus terminal area of Rangpur city.
Mun also lives with his brother-in-law Zakaria Tanvir in Rangpur city and continues his studies with his assistance.
The Khushi-Zakaria couple has a daughter Tanzila, 6, and a son Toha, 18 months.
Mun’s other sister Eti Akhter, 22, was married to school teacher Polash Mia, 28, of Pandit Para area in Kishoreganj upazila of Nilphamari. The couple has a daughter Rifa Moni, 4.
Mun said, “Like in the previous days, student coordinators asked every one of our Rangpur Polytechnic Institute to come to the institute’s ground at 3 pm on July 16 to participate in the protest march of the anti-discrimination student movement.”
The students of the institute started gathering there from 12 noon.
“At 1 pm, I told my class captain Al Beruni Russo that I would go to see if the protest march of students towards Begum Rokeya University had started. I went to Shapla Chattar and joined the protest march that was already crossing that area.”
Mun informed his class captain that the movement had started and was moving towards Begum Rokeya University.
“Then I joined the procession of thousands of students of different educational institutions. Along with the procession, I arrived at the first gate of Begum Rokeya University at 1:30 pm,” Mun said.
Already, there was a mammoth gathering of students when a huge number of police blocked the gate.
“With other students, I told the police that they should leave the gate so that our brother students of the university could enter their respective residential halls,” he said.
Then, because there were so many students, Mun was pushed from behind and he reluctantly fell on the police. And the police immediately charged students indiscriminately with batons.
Mun said, "Everyone started to move backwards. But I turned around again and moved forward, the police backed by the terrorists of the fascist regime rushed in and shot me all over my body exactly between 2:10 and 2:15."
“Even after being shot, I could see the Chhatra League terrorists and the fascist regime's police brutally lathi-charged Abu Sayeed on the opposite side of the road there,” he said.
When Mun was shot and fell down on the ground there, the students quickly arranged to take him to the hospital.
“At that time, no rickshaw puller wanted to take me in their rickshaw. Later, I came to Rangpur Medical Hospital on the motorcycle of a student Sohag of Rangpur Government College,” Mun said.
“When I reached the hospital, I had 200 plus bullets in my whole body, of which some 40 were taken out by doctors. The rest of the pellets are still inside my whole body. I have five bullets in my head and ten bullets in my mouth,” he said.
He said, “I was the only injured student being treated alone at the surgery ward no 6 of Rangpur Medical College Hospital at that time.”
After 30 minutes of the martyrdom of Abu Sayeed, many injured students were admitted to the hospital. There was only crying and wailing everywhere. Many injured students left the hospital due to fear of the police and Chhatra League.
“My physical condition was quite bad, so I could not go anywhere. So I was forced to stay in the hospital. Many police threatened me and the Chhatra League terrorists came and threatened me,” Mun said.
Mun said, “To save me, my brother-in-law Tanvir Zakaria stood by me all night and tried to protect me so that no Chhatra League or autocratic police could come, attack me or arrest me.”
Mun was alone in the hospital for two days. After 1 pm on July 18, hundreds of injured people came to the hospital. Some were injured and some others were martyred.
“I will never forget all these scenes. Even when I sleep, these scenes flash before my eyes,” Mun said.
After leaving the hospital on July 21, Mun joined the movement every day. Even though his physical condition was very bad, he joined the movement daily.
Mun said, “Our only thought was that the autocratic regime should be removed from power. I did not even go to my village in Nilphamari, so that none could say that I am running away in fear as a coward.”
He said, "I tried to be involved in every movement from July 16 to August 5 until the country became independent for the second time."
“After August 5, my physical condition started to worsen. I got treatment at Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka for two days from August 21 when some of my bullets were removed,” Mun said, adding that doctors suggested that I get treatment from abroad.
As per the suggestion of the chief coordinator of Ganosamhati Andolon Junaid Saki, Mun was admitted to Dhaka PG Hospital on September 19, 2024, and remained there under treatment for 20 days. The doctor asked Mun to get treatment from abroad.
“Then I went to Pangu Hospital. The doctors there also suggested that I go abroad for treatment,” Mun said.
“The then Vice-chancellor of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Professor Dr Md Sayedur Rahman told me at PG Hospital that bullets in the human body have not been studied in Bangladesh yet. So, we can’t give you the right treatment now,” Mun said.
He also suggested that I go abroad for better treatment.
On January 14, Mun went to Popular Diagnostic Center 3 in Rangpur City and met a specialist physician and former Principal of Rangpur Medical College Professor Dr. Md Nur Islam, who also suggested that he go abroad to get appropriate treatment.
“After that, my family could not send me abroad due to various crises. My body condition is getting worse day by day and I have not been given any kind of help from anywhere,” Mun said.
Mun has spent about Taka four lakh on his treatment. He has got no assistance so far.
"I will request the interim government to send me abroad for proper treatment. I want to recover and at least live a normal life. I don't want to move towards uncertainty and die slowly...” said Mun.
Mun’s father Abdul Khaleque urged the interim government to send his son abroad to ensure the proper treatment of his only son.
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