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The killing of trucker Khokon’s

just a kilometre away from his

home in Bogra town leaves his

pregnant wife and eight-year-old

son devastated. Inset, Shahidul

Islam . Photo: Star

Shahidul Islam Khokon, the truck

driver who was killed by pickets

when he was driving his goods-

laden vehicle through Bogra in

the early hours yesterday, had

cherished a dream. His

neighbours said the only dream

he had was to educate his son

and give him a better life.

Father of an eight-year-old boy,

Khokon, 40, worked extremely

hard to earn a living that enabled

him to send his son to school

and feed his family, the

neighbours added.

On the fateful day yesterday, his

Chittagong-bound truck from

Dinajpur came under attack by

pro-BNP pickets at Baropur in

Bogra town, police said.

One of the brickbats hurled by

the pickets hit Khokon breaking

through the windscreen. He was

critically wounded and was taken

to Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical

College Hospital where he was

pronounced dead.

Khokon, who used to remain

away from home most of the

month, lived with his family in a

rented tin-shed one-room

house. His 35-year-old wife

Mafela Begum, who is six months

pregnant, and his son Abdur

Rahman were wailing for him on

the courtyard.

Rahman, a student of class two,

said he would miss his father

immensely as he had always

cared for him. “He used to

encourage me to concentrate on

my studies,” Rahman said.

His wife held Rahman tightly on

her lap and said during the

overnight stay on his way to

Chittagong from Dinajpur, she

had asked him to eat wheat fry

for breakfast. “During his brief

stay home, he gave us some

wheat and told us to fry it, telling

me that he would have it upon

his return,” she said.

Khokon was killed minutes after

he had left, less than a kilometre

away from his home.

“He was the only source of

income for the family and I do

not know how we will survive

now,” she cried.

Neighbour Mofazzal Hossain said

Khokon had come to Bogra from

Sherpur when he was very

young and had good relations

with everyone.

Sima Begum, another neighbour,

said Khokon was a hard-working

man who had dreamt of

educating his son and getting rid

of poverty.

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