“My father felt a fatherly affection for the agitating students on the streets. Thus, he decided to go out and feed them, ignoring life risk,” Habib’s elder daughter Fatema Akter (20) shared her father’s courageous role in the movement that finally toppled autocratic ruler Sheikh Hasina.

Md Habib (45) sacrificed his life during the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement when people of all strata started opposing ruthless crackdown on peaceful protests.

But extreme reality is that martyrdom of Habib has left his family plunge into dire financial hardship as he was the only breadwinner of his six-member family.

Habib, a private car driver by profession, was “shot dead by police” in the Shanir Akhra area on July 20 while he was preparing hotchpotch for demonstrators as he couldn’t ignore the plight of the protesting students on the streets under the banner of anti-discrimination student movement.

“My father felt a fatherly affection for the agitating students on the streets. Thus, he decided to go out and feed them, despite our warnings to stay back home,” Habib’s elder daughter Fatema Akter (20) shared her father’s generosity.বিস্তারিত