Martyr Faruk's wife with her two children faces uncertain future

FE Team | Published: January 01, 2025 00:31:16

Md Faruk

CHATTOGRAM, Dec 31, (BSS): Md Faruk aged 32, a furniture shop worker embraced martyrdom during the July mass uprising, leaving his wife and two children in a world of uncertain future.
Faruk received severe bullet injuries in the Muradpur area in the port city and later was declared dead at Chattogram Medical College Hospital (CMCH) on July 16, when student's agitation for quota reform movement had started getting momentum in Chattogram as well as elsewhere across the country.
Faruk is survived by his wife Sima Akter aged 25, elder son Fahim (11), a grade seven student at city's Bagmoniram High School while daughter Fahima (7), a KG level student in local Mohila Samithy Primary School.
Sima became widow with her two kids in the early stage of her life following husband Faruk's untimely but tragic death. Sudden death of Faruk, the family's only bread earner pushed her to uphill struggle to fulfil their unfinished dream of ushering a bright future of their kids by ensuring proper education.
Faruk with his family had been living in a teen-shed rented house of one room at Panir Tank in the city's Lalkhan Bazar area. Faruk, son of day-labourer Abdul aged 65, was second among six brothers and four sisters, hailed from Shariyatpur village under Begumganj upazila of Noakhali district. Father and all other five brothers of Faruk are either van driver or bay labourer.
Family and witnesses said Faruk was injured seriously as two bullets pierced his chest and back when police and armed goons belong to Juba League and Chattra League fired recklessly to disperse the student-led gathering on midday of July 16 in Muradpur area. Faruk was a technician of a furniture shop in nearby Muradpur area and received bullets when he was returning to his workplace after having launch.
Sources said bullet-wound Faruk fell at nearby road-divider and at one stage, he tried to escape from the hotspot. Two Madrasha students took Faruk to CMCH by a rickshaw ignoring risks. Getting information, a brother of Faruk and Sima rushed hurriedly to CMCH emergency department and traced Faruk after frantic searching as blood-wet body of Faruk was very hard to be identified.
Sima Akter told BSS that 2 Madrasha students who were unknown to Faruk were tried their best and taken huge risks to save Faruk both at the spot and CMCH. The rescuers informed her that her husband was still alive at CMCH but breath his last at 4 p.m without getting any treatment as he was only kept on a bed there until death.