Various programs have been held in memory of those killed in the bomb attack at the Udichi office of Netrakona Municipality.
December 8, Netrakona Tragedy Day. Two decades ago, on this day in 2005, the militant organization JMB carried out a suicide bomb attack in front of the Udichi Shilpi Gosthi Netrakona office.
A ‘Netrakona Silence’ program was held from 10:40 am to 3 minutes on Monday in memory of those killed in that incident. The Netrakona Tragedy Day Celebration Committee is organizing this program.
According to the program, as soon as the clock strikes 10:40 am, the people of Netrakona observe three minutes of silence. At this time, vehicles stand still on the city streets, no pedestrians walk.
Shopkeepers also come out on the streets at this time.
They pay tribute to those killed in the bomb attack in Netrakona Udichi 20 years ago. Besides, hatred was expressed towards the militant group.
During the rally, Netrokona Udichi vice president Masudur Rahman Khan said, ‘We are happy that the speedy trial and the verdict in the explosive case have been implemented.
However, to eradicate the root of militancy, we have to go deeper.
On December 8, 2005, in a bomb attack by JMB in front of the Udichi Shilpi Gosthi Netrokona Sangsad office, former joint general secretary of district Udichi Khwaja Haider Hossain, organizing secretary Sudipta Pal Shelly, motorcycle mechanic Yadav Das, police officer’s wife Rani Akhter, fish vendor Aftab Uddin, worker Raish Mia and beggar Joynal lost their lives. In addition, the bomber Al Baki Md. Kafi was also killed. More than fifty were injured.
Meanwhile, even though 20 years have passed since the incident, the memories still haunt the relatives of the deceased.
Shahnaz Parveen, his wife, is still distraught after losing her family’s only breadwinner, Khwaja Haider Hossain.
She lives with her only son in a tin shed on a piece of land left by her husband. And Sudipta Pal Shelly’s family lives in a rented house in the Newtown area of ​​the city.
Mother Aruna Rani Pal is passing her days bearing the pain of losing her only breadwinner daughter.