Tarique Rahman visits grave of July martyr Abu Sayed

BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman on Friday evening visited the grave of July Uprising martyr Abu Sayeed at Jafarpara Babonpur village in Rangpur’s Pirganj.

After offering prayers at the grave, Tarique Rahman spoke with members of Abu Sayed’s family.

BNP Standing Committee member AZM Zahid Hossain and leaders of the party’s Rangpur district unit were present during the visit.

Speaking to journalists later, AZM Zahid Hossain said Tarique Rahman visited the grave of Abu Sayed, who was martyred during the July student–public uprising, and offered prayers seeking eternal peace for his departed soul.

Locals, along with Abu Sayed’s family members, had been eagerly awaiting Tarique Rahman’s arrival.

Abu Sayed, a student of the 12th batch of the English department at Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur, was shot dead on 16 July 2024, during the quota reform movement at Park Mor near the university campus. He was buried at his village home the following day.

Sayed was also one of the coordinators of the July movement.