As long as I live, the pain of losing my son will remain in my memory: Martyr Golam Nafiz's mother

Nazma Akhtar, the mother of martyred student Golam Nafiz, expressed her enduring anger at the police for her son’s tragic death during the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement in Dhaka on August 4. Nafiz, a Banani Bidyaniketan student, was fatally shot by police and later died after being rushed to the hospital by a rickshaw puller. Speaking at a discussion at the Bangladesh National Museum on November 19, Nazma recounted the brutality and accused hospital staff of demanding fees for her son’s body. She lamented the loss and the absence of the flag Nafiz carried during the incident.