Chittagong: Kawsar Mahmud, the martyr of the anti-discrimination student movement, will be buried in the cemetery next to the Bandarnagari Mughaltuli Abdur Rahman Matbar Jame Mosque.
On Sunday (October 13) at around 10:30 PM, Kawsar Mahmud passed away while undergoing treatment at Dhaka's Combined Military Hospital (CMH).
Kausar is the son of Abdul Motaleb of Bhatra Union of Ramganj Upazila of Lakshipur District. Abdul Motaleb has lived with his family at Chittagong Karmas College Road in Motaleb Nagar for a long time.
He has a grocery store in Mughaltuli. Son Kausar Mahmood was a BBA student of BGC Trust University.
Kawsar Mahmud's father, Abdul Motaleb, told BanglaNews at around 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, Kawsar Mahmud died while undergoing treatment at Dhaka's CMH Hospital at around 10:30 p.m. on Sunday. His funeral will be held at Central Shaheed Minar on Monday around 12:30-12:30 PM. From there the body will be taken to Chittagong. A funeral will be held there on Monday night at Abdur Rahman Matbar Jame Masjid. After the funeral, he will be buried in the cemetery next to the mosque.
Kausar Mahmud, a student who was shot and injured during the anti-discrimination student movement in Newmarket area of Kotwali police station of the city, was initially admitted to Agrabad Islami Hospital. As his condition deteriorated there, he was transferred to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the same hospital.
Later, on September 22, the injured student Kaushar Mahmud was transferred to the ICU of Chittagong Medical College Hospital for better treatment. Chittagong Medical College authorities informed Chittagong Cantonment when his physical condition deteriorated again while in ICU.
On September 28, it was reported through a post on the official page of the Bangladesh Army on social media that Kawsar Mahmud, a student who was shot in the anti-discrimination student movement while undergoing treatment, was transferred to Chittagong CMH the day before when his condition was critical.
Later, he was transferred to Dhaka CMH on September 28 for advanced treatment by Army Aviation helicopter under the overall management of 24 Infantry Division in collaboration with Chittagong CMH.
In a press release sent by the Central Sub-Committee on Health Affairs of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement on Sunday night, Kausar Mahmud, a fourth-year student of Chittagong BGC Trust University, participated in the July movement on the call of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement. During the violent movement, he was shot by law and order forces. After fighting for a long time, Kausar Mahmud was martyred while undergoing treatment at CMH in Dhaka.
The circular also said that after being under treatment in Chittagong, when his physical condition deteriorated there, the Central Sub-Committee on Health Affairs of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement took him to Dhaka by air-ambulance for better treatment. Unfortunately Kawsar Mahmud has to lose.
Bangladesh Time: 0208 hours, October 14, 2024
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