They all were students, “not robbers”.
Shams Rahim Shamam, 17, an A-level student of Maple Leaf International School, was one of the six students who were beaten to death by a mob in Amin Bazar early yesterday.
The other five victims are Ibrahim Khalil, 20, Towhidur Rahman Palash, 22, and Kamruzzaman Kanto, 16, of Government Bangla College in Mirpur; Tipu Sultan, 20, of Tejgaon College; and Munib Sitab, 21, of Bangladesh University of Business & Technology (BUBT).
Shamam’s father Shaifuddin Md Aminur Rahim wanted his son to go to London and become a barrister and make news in the dailies someday but never as a victim of mob violence.
“There is no law, there is no justice in the country,” said Aminur Rahim, former deputy attorney general, in front of the morgue at Dhaka Medical College (DMC). “Given the present situation in this country, anything is possible here,” he added.
“I have lost everything. I now want justice!” he said.
Ibrahim Khalil was the hope of his father Abu Taher of Kalkini upazila of Madaripur district. Abu Taher has a small fruit shop at Kalyanpur bus stand.
“I accepted all the hardship to make my son educated. Now that he is gone, I am doomed to nothingness,” said Abu Taher in a tired voice and fainted.
Towhidur Rahman Palash, a first-year student of physics department at Bangla College, was son of Mujibur Rahman of Charbhadrashan under Shibchar upazila in Madaripur district. His older brother Sirajul Islam is a student of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet).
Sirajul said his brother was never involved with any criminal gangs or in illegal activities.
Vicitm Kamruzzaman was son of truck driver Suruj Miah of Lakshmipur. He passed Dakhil examination from Tarabiatul Millat Academy Madrasa. He just got admitted in Bangla College on July 16. The boy missed his first class in the college.
Tipu Sultan was a first-year student of Department of Accounting of Bangla College. Son of Abdur Rashid of Shariatpur district, he was a resident of Shyamoli.
A second-year student of BBA at BUBT, Munib Sitab was the son of late doctor Mokhlesur Rahman of Dinajpur. He used to live in Shyamoli.
-With The Daily Star input
