Rohingya youth Noor Mostafa, who was shot dead during the student-led mass uprising last year, will be officially recognised as a July martyr, Information Advisor Mahfuj Alam has said in a Facebook post.
The announcement was made on Wednesday afternoon.
While the authenticity of the Facebook page could not be independently verified, Mahfuj has previously shared posts from this verified account.
Attempts to reach him by phone were unsuccessful.
The Facebook post stated that the advisor presented a proposal in the Cabinet meeting for the recognition of Noor on Jun 22.
The July Mass Uprising Directorate is processing the recognition. A gazette notification in this regard will be issued soon, he added, saying “July belongs to everyone!”
When contacted, Deputy Secretary Yasmin Begum of the Cabinet Division told bdnews24.com: “Discussions of the Advisory Council are confidential. Please contact the individual who made the post.”
Zahirul Islam, deputy secretary of the July Uprising Department-related activities at the Ministry of Liberation War Affairs, said: “This hasn’t come to my attention. If we receive such a case, we will verify and proceed per procedure. As of now, I have no information on this.”
According to media reports, Noor Mostafa was shot outside Eidgaon Police Station in Cox’s Bazar on Aug 5 last year and died the following day in hospital.
His father Shafiul Alam and mother Noor Begum fled Myanmar in 1992 and settled permanently in the Eidgaon region.
Although Noor was born and educated in Bangladesh, he was excluded from the official list of July martyrs due to his parents not having national ID cards.
His family has not received any formal recognition or state assistance either.
