PM stands by Sholakia attack victim Jharna Rani's family

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina stood beside the family of Jharna Rani who was killed in the militant attack at Sholakia in Kishoreganj last year by giving her son a job in a private bank.

The premier handed over the appointment letter in the post of assistant officer of NRB Global Bank to Basudeb, son of Jharna Rani, at the Prime Minister's Office today.

Public Administration Minister Syed Ashraful Islam and senior officials of the bank were present on the occasion.

Jharna Rani, wife of Gouranga Bhowmik, along with two policemen and an extremist were killed while 12 people injured on July 7 last year as militants launched a bomb attack near the Sholakia Eid Jamaat ground in Kishoreganj town minutes before the start of the Eid-ul-Fitr congregation.

The 40-year-old Jharna Rani was hit by a stray bullet which came through a window of their house at Sabujbagh during exchange of gunfire between police and the attackers. The bullet hit her in the head, killing her on the spot.

Jharna Rani was making a special meal for her family at that time to be part of the Eid day celebrations.

But the bullet snatched the life of Jharna Rani as well as the happiness and peace of her family. Her husband Gouranga Bhowmick is a low-paid worker of a bidi factory in the town.

Source: bss