Before being killed, constable Ansarul told family to enjoy Eid, while he had important duty to perform

A pall of gloom hangs in the house of Ansarul Haque, a police constable killed in a bomb attack on law enforcers near the Sholakia Eidgah ground in Kishoreganj.

Ansarul, 40, who lived in the Daulatpur village of Netrokona’s Madan Upazila, was one of those killed in the attack on Thursday morning, moments before the Eid prayers began.
 
Four people were killed in the attack, including Ansarul, another constable named Jahurul Haque and a woman.
 
The news of Ansarul’s death plunged the family in grief, turning the air heavy with the wailing of his loved ones. Neighbours, who came to sympathise, were also overcome with emotion.
 
Ansarul’s wife Runa Aktar and ageing mother Rabeya Begum are frequently fainting, unable to cope with the shock.
 
His elder brother Nazmul Haque said he had last spoken to Ansarul around 7am.
 

Constable Ansarul Haque

“He told us to fittingly celebrate Eid with everyone, and that he won’t be able to come because of an important duty,” said Nazmul, quoting the conversation with his brother.

“My brother will never again come home. He will never speak again. The terrorists have taken it all. How will I console Runa and mother?” said a distraught Nazmul.

He told bdnews24.com that his brother’s colleagues had called in the morning to inform about Ansarul being wounded. They later rang again to tell the family about his death.

Ansarul Haque was the third child of late Siddiqur Rahman Munshi’s five sons and one daughter.

The eldest brother Atiqur Rahman died five years ago while working at a construction site in Sylhet.

Ansarul had passed the SSC exam in 2003 and joined the police force in September 2006. His last posting was at the Kishoreganj Police Lines.

Local Union Council member Sohel Mia said the family was not well-off. It relied a great deal on Ansarul’s income since the death of the eldest son.

The police constable was known to be a good man in the neighbourhood.

Local resident Moula Mia, a timber dealer, said Ansarul was married eight years ago and had no children.

People of the neighbourhood and many from nearby villages were coming to console the bereaved family, he said. They also vented their anger against the terrorists.