July Shaheed Smriti Foundation on Sunday distributed financial assistance to people who were injured during the students-led mass uprising in Bangladesh.

Posts, telecommunications and information technology adviser Md Nahid Islam handed over the cheques of financial assistance from the foundation to the wounded persons at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital, according to a ministry press release.

Nahid Islam, also the adviser of information and broadcasting ministry, said victims of the uprising received financial assistance from the July Shaheed Smriti Foundation and it was ongoing.

About sending the injured abroad for treatment, he said that necessary measures would be taken as per the advice of the doctors concerned.

He also said that they would bear the expenses for those who have received treatment in different places before coming to the DMCH.

Replying to a query regarding the case filed against the journalists, the adviser, however, said that those who were directly associated with the fascist government, as well as worked as instigators and supported the genocide would be brought under trial. 

‘Apart from this, a committee has been formed under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to look into the matter if any case is filed against someone unfairly,’ he said.

He added, ‘If any journalist or his/her family feels that they are suffering due to the case, they can contact with us, and we will help them.’

On the cases of injured and victims, the adviser said a legal team is working in this regard, adding, ‘We will hold trial in the Special Tribunal’.

Mentioning the martyred and injured during the student-led mass uprising as the heroes of the country, he said, ‘Let’s (we) recognise their sacrifice . . . we’re requesting that we don’t divide the martyrs and the wounded persons into any party or banner. We shouldn’t use them for our own political interests.’

During his visit to the DMCH, injured Jamal Hussain requested the adviser to arrange monthly allowance for the elderly persons and employment for the youths.

Answering a query about the cases being filed against the agitators in different places, youth and sports adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain said that home affairs ministry would soon take necessary measures in this regard.

Any police personnel, involved in the killing of people, wouldn’t be spared, he added.

Both the advisers inquired about the current condition of the injured persons who were undergoing treatment in the hospital and assured them of giving their support.

July Shaheed Smriti Foundation secretary Mir Mahbubur Rahman presented to the journalists the details of the financial assistance given to the injured from the foundation.

A total of Tk 1,22,64,400 was distributed among 122 persons on Sunday.

Among them, 23 out of 30 people, admitted at DMCH, were given a cheque of Taka 1 lakh each, while the remaining 7 persons were given the money through bKash wallet due to the incompletion of their names.

Besides, cash assistance was sent to the bKash wallet of 33 people undergoing treatment at the National Institute of Ophthalmology, and 59 people at the National Orthopaedic Hospital and Rehabilitation Institute.

So far, a total of Tk 1,71,42,050 was distributed among 176 injured people from the July Shaheed Smriti Foundation.