Grieving mother feels presence of martyred son seeing his belongings

hahidul Islam Sobhan was killed in the anti-discrimination student movement in the New Market area of the capital on July 19 at around 6:30 pm. He was buried at Hafizi Huzur Graveyard in the Kamrangirchar area on Saturday afternoon, July 20. Born on December 16, 2005, Shovan passed his HSC from Sheikh Borhan Uddin College in 2024. Shovan's mother said in a tearful voice, “So many dreams I ha

hahidul Islam Sobhan was killed in the anti-discrimination student movement in the New Market area of the capital on July 19 at around 6:30 pm.
 
He was buried at Hafizi Huzur Graveyard in the Kamrangirchar area on Saturday afternoon, July 20.
 
Born on December 16, 2005, Shovan passed his HSC from Sheikh Borhan Uddin College in 2024.
 
Shovan's mother said in a tearful voice, “So many dreams I had about my son, everything is over. My well-organized family is over. I don't know how we will spend the rest of our lives. We have nothing to ask from the government.”
 
“Shovan died with the dream for the country in his heart, let this country be the way Shovan wanted it to be. The people of the country should remember my son and not forget his sacrifice,’” she said.
 
Shaheed Shovan hailed from Uttar Kholapara village under Srinagar police station in Munshiganj.
 
His father Nazrul Islam , 46, is a small businessman. However, he has closed his business since his son was killed due to physical illness.
 
Shovan’s younger sister Nadia Islam Neha, 14, is an eighth grade student at the local Ashrafa High School.
 
When this BSS reporter went to Shahid Shovan's house in Kamrangirchar, he saw a large inscription on the wall in front of the table, 'Not in the shadow, fear in the light'.
 
Books and papers are arranged on the table in the same way. There is a big TV. Clothes are arranged in the cupboard. Pictures with family members are taken. Shovan’s mother showed all this to the reporter.
 
She said, “Earlier there were four members of our family in the picture. Now, Shovan is no more. This picture is just a memory. There are books to read, but I don’t have Shovan. I bought a TV in January. Who will watch this TV now?”
 
The mother said, “Look at the way his brother's clothes are arranged here. His sister Neha starts crying after seeing the clothes and says, "My beloved, brother, will you never come back? How will we survive without you?”
 
Shovan’s father Nazrul Islam said, Shahidul Islam Shovon was shot by police in the New Market area of Dhaka on July 19 while protesting. He was supposed to go to Japan for his studies. I had almost prepared the documents.
 
“But he couldn't go. Before that, he responded to the Owner's call and went to the other world,” he said.
 
Quoting eyewitnesses, Shovan’s father said, “About the incident that day, actually we were not there at that time, it was not clear who went to the movement with whom, who went where during the movement. Even his friends can't say.”
 
A boy named Alamgir Hossain took Shovan to the hospital