DHAKA, Oct 19, 2022 (BSS) – Expressing deep respect to the memory of Shahid Sheikh Russel, marking his 58th birth anniversary, Agriculture Minister Dr M Abdur Razzaque has said, the brutal killing on August 15 in 1975 is a ‘rare one’ in the human history.

“August 15 carnage was a brutal assault in the human history where Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and most of his family members were assassinated at his residence as part of a coup d'état”, he said while addressing a function marking the 58th birth anniversary of Shahid Sheikh Russel at Bangladesh Embassy in Italian capital Rome on Tuesday.

Dr Razzaque who is now visiting Rome to join a five-day meeting of the World Food Forum (WFF) at the headquarters of Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

 The meeting was started on October 17 that will continue up to October 21.  

Highlighting Russel’s simple life, the minister, however, said that such heinous killing would not happen again nowhere in the world.

  He recalled the sacrifices made by Bangabandhu’s family in all remarkable events in the history of the country including the War of Liberation.

At the outset of the function, Dr Razzaque along with the embassy officials placed floral wreaths at the portrait of Shahid Sheikh Russel at the Embassy premises.

 They offered doa and munajat seeking eternal peace of Sheikh Russel’s departed soul.
 A documentary based on the life of Shahid Sheikh Russel was also displayed during the function.

Chaired by Ambassador Shamim Ahsan, the function was also attended among others, by the officials and employees of the Embassy.