Sabbir Hasan is one of the four students of Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology (AUST) who went missing in the Bay of Bengal at St Martin’s Island on Monday afternoon.
Before leaving Dhaka for Cox’s Bazar on Saturday, Hasan had posted a status in the Facebook which reads: “Goodbye friends! Going out of the network totally!!”
One of his Facebook friends, Rahat Khan Amit, commented on the post, “I can’t hold back my tears.”
Like Amit, many others cannot come to terms with Hasan’s absence. His relatives are reliving their memories through the Facebook posts.
Two students of the private university drowned, three were rescued and four went missing in the Bay while bathing near St Martin’s island on their Pahela Baishakh holiday on Monday.
All of them were students of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the private university.
Hasan’s family, living in Dhaka’s Mohammadpur area, appeared shattered on Tuesday.
“I won’t have my son confined to a photograph. Oh God, please give me back my son,” wailed his mother, Selina Akther.
Domestic help Sharmin said: “Everything would be so lively when Bhaia would be at home. No one has spoken a word; they are crying since last night.”
Hasan’s father Hasanur Rahman, Additional Secretary at the Ministry of Planning, is now on post-retirement leave (PRL).
They leave at the first floor of the House No. 151 of Mohammadpur Housing Society in the city.
Hasanur said Hasan was a good photographer whose works had once been exhibited at the Drik Gallery in Dhaka. He was also supposed to participate in foreign exhibitions.
Hossain used to be a photographer in an event management company – Memory Makers.
“He was our only son. I wanted him he take the responsibility of the family after my retirement. I wished to lead a happy life with all. But all hopes are now dashed,” Sent at 6:25 PM on Tuesday
Source: Bd news24
