The body of Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (CHUTE) student Shanto Sahar (22), who died in a motorcycle accident after being hit by a bus, has arrived in Narsingdi. His body reached his home in Sebasangh area of West Kandapara of the city around 6:30 am on Tuesday. At this time, his family members and relatives burst into tears.
According to family sources, Shanto went to the university campus last Sunday after Eidul Fitr and Paila Boishakh holidays. Around 4:30 pm, Shantar’s classmates informed about the death of his elder brother Kaushik Sahar, a bank officer, on his mobile phone. Shant is the youngest among the three brothers. His elder brother is a university student in India.
Shantar’s mother Shiuli Saha fainted repeatedly after the body reached home in the morning. Pressing the chest and forehead, and crying. Screaming, ‘I don’t have the golden wheel anymore, I don’t want to live anymore. I will go abroad as an engineer. I was like, “Mago, you will be treated abroad.” Where did my engineer go? Who will take me abroad? Give justice to my polar.’Relatives and neighbors also started crying after seeing the dead body. At that time they could not find the language to comfort Mashi Uli Saha.
The family members said that they wanted to go to Chittagong to bring Shanta’s body. However, the university authorities assured that after the post-mortem, his body will be transported to Narsingdi in a freezing car. His family members requested that the body be handed over without post-mortem, stating that there was no complaint and they did not want to file a case. After all the procedures, the hearse left for Narsingdi around 10 o’clock on Monday night. The body arrived at Narsingdi’s house around 6:30 in the morning. Two assistant provosts Masum Rana and Samyun Bashir of Shantar Hall and seven classmates brought the body.
Saikat Shahriar, a friend of Shant’s school life who was studying at Chuet, said that Shant lived in a room on the fourth floor of Bangabandhu Hall in the campus. He was learning how to ride a motorcycle when he came home on vacation recently. After returning to the campus after vacation (Monday) he took two classes in the afternoon and went for a ride with the motorcycle of an elder brother of his hall. Two younger brothers of the department were with him. On the way back, the motorcycle was hit by a passenger bus.
Anil Ghosh, President of Narsingdi District Puja Udyapan Parishad and Councilor of Ward No. 4 of Municipal Council, said, ‘The untimely death of such a talented student like Shant Saha cannot be accepted in any way. I can’t even find the words to console his parents. In this way, no mother’s chest should be empty.’
