Who is Nahad Islam, the real hero of the movement that overthrew Sheikh Hasina? – World

Dhaka: The 26-year-old Nahid Islam, whose name is being written as Nahid Islam in the Pakistani media, is credited with mobilizing and organizing the student movement that is challenging Sheikh Hasina Wajid’s government.

Nahid Islam, the hero and central leader of the student movement that overthrew Sheikh Hasina Wajid’s 15-year rule in Bangladesh, is a student of sociology and known for social work.

According to local media, Nahad Islam had raised his voice against the thuggishness and anti-people policies of Sheikh Hasina’s party Awami League, for which he was disappeared twice.

Nahad Islam was abducted by plainclothes personnel on 19 July 2024 and brutally tortured and dumped under a bridge for dead 2 days later.

The Hasina Wajid government did not stop there, but only a week later, Nahid Islam was kidnapped and tortured by the government officials, but she was released due to the pressure of the student movement.

Nahad Islam claimed in her interview that she was also subjected to torture and was worried about her and her colleagues’ lives.

After which his fame spread from Bangladesh to all over the world. The number of his supporters also increased enormously on social media.

With incredible leadership skills, Nahid Islam possesses a magical personality. Highly educated, well versed in studies and national politics and his social work, he became a beloved leader of the students.

With his strong ideas and revolutionary thinking, his popularity grew and he became the most effective voice against the Hasina Wajid government and eventually did what no one could do in the last 15 years.

Nahid Islam is married from a middle class background and was born in Dhaka in 1998. His father is a teacher and his mother is a housewife.