While leaving home, truck helper Hasib Hossain had promised his wife that he would come back in ten days.

They had their first child only three months ago.

Hasib was being paid on the basis of daily trips and his income had significantly come down since the ongoing blockade began on January 6.

Left without any other choice, he started to travel on highways again to feed his family with his income, despite the danger involving his job.

The 30-year-old was dreaming of reuniting with his family and admitting his son to a school for their better future.

But it will never happen now.

An arson attack took his life, leaving his wife and son in total uncertainty. 

Hasib, the only bread earner of his family, died from burns at Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital in Bogra early yesterday.

Alleged blockade supporters had carried out a petrol bomb attack on a truck near Shahjahanpur in the district the previous evening.

Hasib was rushed to the hospital with around 90 percent burns. Three more injured, including the truck driver, are still being treated there.

Hasib's father Abdus Sattar told this correspondent that the victim had left his wife's home in Tezara village of Bogra on February 2.

Hasib was planning to bring his wife Yeasmin Bizli and son Israfil to his village in Sirajganj next month, Sattar said.