The traders were returning to their neighbourhood after buying vegetables from the wholesale market in Manikganj’s Jaagir.
Kabir was commissioned in the Corps of Engineers in 1983.
In his career, he served as instructor at the Engineer Center & School of Military Engineering and the School of Infantry & Tactics.
He also served as the Commandant of Bangladesh Ordnance Factories and Bangladesh Tea Board chairman.
He served three UN missions in Bosnia-Herzegovina, East Timor and Liberia.
Kabir graduated from Bangladesh Military Academy under Chittagong University and completed his BSc in Civil Engineering from BUET.