JHENIDAH. Aug 7: Nazrul. Saifuddln and Khokan never went to schools due to extreme poverty and the perpetual poverty threw them to work as day labourers. Nazrul and Saifuddln are rickshawvan pullers and Khokan work as a helper at a gas welding shop.

Nazrul, 10. and Saifuddln alias Bush, 8, of village Gobindapur In Sailkupa thana lost their father about seven years back. Out of four brothers and three sisters two brothers were separated from the family and Nazrul and Saifuddln both are living with their mother and sisters.

Two of the brothers when asked said that their father Abdul Hakim who was a small trader died a long time ago. Having no other alternative both the brothers started pulling rickshaw-van Instead of begging Now they pull the van on Sailkupa-Royera road

dawn to dusk earning Taka between 40 and 50 a day. said Saifuddln who is more dr less known as Bush. ~

Bush asked who would send them to school? Bush informed that they hand their earning over to their mother dally. He also informed that with their little income they had completed marriage of their two sisters earlier.

Another similar victim it Khokan, a 10-year-old boy of village Kabirpur in sam< thana of the district. Khokan lost his father about threi years back. Since the death of his father Khokan came tq his uncles house and was en-gaged in a gas welding shop at Kabirpur baby taxi stand where he has been working as a trainee. After completion of the training period for one year Khokan is expecting Taka 200 per month as