It was early morning on September 15, 2019. Sergeant Md Shahidul Islam went to Abhaynagar Police Station in Jashore with members of the bomb disposal unit of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab-6).
Abhaynagar Police Station officials sought support to deactivate Improvised Explosive Devices (IED). Police recovered six IEDs during the investigation of a case.
Wearing a bomb suit and with necessary equipment, Shahidul got ready to respond to the call to deactivate IEDs. But he was facing difficulties touching the IEDs wearing bomb suit gloves, so he switched to regular gloves. At the beginning of the deactivating task, a bomb went off.
Shahidul fainted for a few seconds after being hit by a bomb splinter. When he regained consciousness, he saw that the wrist of his left hand was severed. He was taken to Jashore Combined Military Hospital (CMH) with his hand tied with a towel.