Tragic death of veg trader leaves his family ruined

Jan 7 Violence in Bogra

Mamun-ur-Rashid, Bogra

Vegetable trader Milon Ali's tragic death, due to a bomb attack during the BNP-led 18-party alliance's countrywide blockade on January 7, also left the family shattered.
Milon, 24, son of Lutfar Rahman Pramanik and Jahanara Begum of Goneshpur Purbopara in Shibganj upazila of Bogra district, had a dream to see his younger brother Tarajul Islam, an honours first year student of Azizul Haque College, highly educated.
"But my son's life came to a tragic end as the pickets threw a petrol bomb on the truck carrying him at Horgati on Dhaka-Bogra highway in Ullapara of Sirajganj district on January 7 night," sighed Lutfar Rahman at his shabby house.
"Milon discontinued study after his HSC as he joined my vegetable trading to support the family. He used to go to Dhaka two or three times a week. He also pulled rickshaw in the area," he said.
The bomb attack also left Milon's companion Imran Alam, 23, killed and truck driver Shafat Ali, 55, seriously injured.
Now burdened with high-interest loan from an NGO and a few people, Milon's family members have sought urgent help from the government as a way out.
Milon's premature death also left his newly married wife Afroja Begum, hailing from Kalai upazila in Joypurhat district, in an utterly hapless state.