DHAKA: After nine years in Malaysia, 27-year-old Imran was killed months before he planned to leave his job and settle down with his wife and parents.
After seven years in Malaysia, Imran Hossain Ujjal Sikder came to Bangladesh in September 2024 and married a woman named Lamia on October 10 that year.
He went back to Malaysia three months later, but planned to quit his job and permanently return home soon.
But he never got the chance.
The 27-year-old was killed in a road accident occurred around 8pm (local time; 6pm BST) in the Ayer Tawar area of Ipoh, Perak, on Friday.
Imran, the son of farmer Kalam Sikder, was from Kathiar Gatti village under Gatti union in Faridpur's Saltha upazila.
He was the elder of two brothers in a family of four siblings.
Arman Sheikh, a relative of Imran who worked at the same company in Malaysia, said they were employed by a contractor to deliver medicines to different locations on motorcycles.
“On Friday, Imran and a colleague from Kushtia were on a motorcycle to deliver medicines when they met with the accident in the Ayer Tawar area. Both died on the spot,” he said.
Imran left his studies early because his family could not afford to continue his education. He went to Malaysia in 2017, at the age of 18, to support his parents.
He regularly sent money home to provide for his family. His father also started a nursery business alongside farming.
Neighbour Abdur Razzak said Imran spoke to his parents and wife almost every day. He often told them that he wanted to return home and settle down with his family.
That plan was supposedly only months away when he was killed.
News of his death reached his village last night. Mourning relatives and neighbours gathered at his family home.
“The son who worked all his life to improve our family’s fortunes is no more,” his father Kalam Sikder lamented.
"I cannot explain the pain of carrying my son’s body on my shoulders as a father. My son will never return. I want to see his face one last time and keep him buried beside our home forever."
The family has sought government assistance to bring Imran’s body back to Bangladesh and arrange his burial.
Saltha UNO Dabir Uddin said necessary steps would be taken to bring the body back as soon as possible.
“Alongside government assistance, we will also take steps to help the family receive compensation from the organisation where he worked,” he said. - The Daily Star/ANN
