Jagannath University unit Chhatra Dal has provided financial assistance to the family of Ikramul Haque Sajid, a Jagannath University student described as a martyr of the July-August mass uprising. The assistance was handed to Sajid’s mother at an event held at the unit’s office on July 28. Unit convener Mehedi Hasan Himel, member secretary Shamsul Arefin, joint conveners, activists and family members attended.

Arefin said Sajid’s blood had contributed to the struggle to establish voting rights for Bangladesh’s people. He said the group would work to build a country with stronger democracy and protected rights to speak and receive education. Himel said the central Chhatra Dal and the Jagannath University unit, acting on BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman’s instructions, had stood beside martyr families and would continue to do so.

Sajid’s mother thanked the university unit for its support and urged those holding responsibilities to remember the martyrs’ sacrifices and check on their families. Sajid was a 2018-19 academic session student in the Accounting and Information Systems department. He was seriously injured by police gunfire in Mirpur on August 4 last year during the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement and died while receiving treatment at CMH on August 14 at 2:15 pm.