Zamir Uddin, one of the seven men killed during a bank heist in Ashulia’s Kathgarha on Tuesday, died while trying to stop a robber from escaping.
The 40-year-old was a tailor by profession and was working in a shop near the Kathgarha branch of Bangladesh Commerce Bank Limited when the robbery was committed.
His father-in-law, Selim Uddin, said yesterday that Zamir had come out of the shop after hearing a noise and saw some masked men running away from the bank.
“He sensed they were robbers and ran towards them, eventually catching one. But the other robbers stabbed him several times with knives to free their cohort,” said Selim, who was present at the scene as well.
Zamir was rushed to Enam Medical College and Hospital where doctors pronounced him dead.
The tailor lived in Jaharchandra village and was buried at Aragao, a nearby village.
Zamir was the father of two sons, both of whom are primary school students. His wife, Shampa, works at Deko Garment in Kathgarha.
Selim said the future of Zamir’s sons had become uncertain as their father had died.
“I am really worried about my grandsons but I expect they will grow up with the same morality that their father had.”
On Tuesday, Zamir and six others were killed by the robbers while a mob beat one of the criminals to death.
