The July Uprising Memorial Museum in Ganabhaban will preserve the rickshaw that carried the body of Ghulam Nafiz, a martyr of the anti-discrimination struggle, as a memorial.
According to a ministry press release, Md. Nahid Islam, the adviser for posts, telecommunications, information technology, and information and broadcasting, made this statement when the rickshaw was given to the museum at the Ganabhaban today.
At that point, the advisor promised to provide financial support and thanked Noor Mohammad, the rickshaw puller, for his courage.
Bangla newspaper, the daily Prothom Alo on November 5 published a report with headline “Nuru has sold the rickshaw where the frozen body of Nafiz was lying”. As the report came to his notice, the adviser instructed the officials of his office to immediately find the rickshaw and the rickshaw-puller.
When reached, rickshaw puller Noor Mohammad, also known as Nuru, claimed to have sold the rickshaw for Taka 35,000 to London-based expat Ahsanul Kabir Siddiqui Kaiser.
When reached later, Ahsanul Kabir Siddiqui stated that he would like to give the rickshaw to the July Uprising Memorial Museum.
As a result, today Mahfuj Alam, Special Assistant to the Chief Adviser and Joint Convener of the July Uprising Memorial Museum, received the rickshaw.
During the anti-discrimination student demonstration on August 4 at approximately 4:30 p.m., Golam Nafiz, a student from Banani Vidyaniketan School and College, was shot and killed beneath the foot over-bridge of Farmgate.
When police put the bullet-ridden body of Nafiz on the footrest of the rickshaw, he was still holding onto the rickshaw rod with one of his hands.
The rickshaw puller took him to the hospital but he succumbed to his injuries.
