<i>Farewell to a brave heart </i>
Relatives, neighbours and locals throng to have a last look as the body of slain college teacher Mizanur Rashid reached his Chawk Laxmipur village home in Charghat upazila of Rajshahi district yesterday. Assaulted by criminals for protesting teasing of girl students on October 12, Mizanur, a teacher of Lokmanpur College in Bagatipara upazila of Natore district, died at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University early Sunday. Photo: STAR
Natore college teacher Mizanur Rashid was laid to rest at his family graveyard at Chawk Laxmipur in the district's Charghat upazila yesterday morning. Family members, relatives and hundreds of well-wishers gathered to bid final farewell to the man who gave away his life protesting against stalking. The first namaz-e-janaza of Mizanur took place at Lokmanpur High School at Bagatipara upazila in Natore around 8:15am, reports our Natore correspondent. His second janaza was held at Chawk Laxmipur High School ground at about 11:00am. His wife Razia Sultan Mili and mother Zahera Bewa were seen fainting repeatedly, reports UNB. After a 12-day fight for life, Mizanur, a chemistry teacher of Lokmanpur College in Bagatipara upazila, died at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Hospital early Sunday. After autopsy at Dhaka Medical College Hospital morgue, his body was taken to Rajshahi Sunday evening. On October 12, local youths Asif and Rajon in front of Lokmanpur College rammed their motorbike into Mizanur who had protested stalking college girls by the two. He was declared clinically dead on October 21. Since then, he had been on life-support machine. Teachers, students and staff from Lokmanpur College and some other educational institutions of Natore attended his janaza. Matiur Rahman, principal of Lokmanpur College, said, "Mizanur was like my son. He was very honest and respectable to students and staff." Babita Aktar, a second year HSC student of the college, said, “We demand immediate trial of the attackers.” Officer-in-Charge Abdus Salam of Bagatipara Police Station said, “We prayed before court today [yesterday] for seven-day remand of accused Asif and turning the case into one for murder. The court is expected to give an order on Thursday.” UNB adds the Prime Minister's Office gave assurance that a suitable job for Mizanur's wife Mili will be arranged. Mili, mother of a four-year-old daughter, is an MA. Sitara Begum, additional district magistrate, visited Mizanur's Chawk Laxmipur residence and collected the transcripts of Mili's academic certificates to send to the PMO.
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