The youngest gallantry award recipient of Bangladesh is Bir Protik Abu Salek. Abu Salek of Hasimpur village in Dharkhar union of Akhaura Upazila of Brahmanbaria was a sixth grader in 1971. Pakistani forces brutally killed 33 people including his father and his uncle. With the intense desire for revenge, Abu Salek left his textbooks and went to Agartala, India to take part in the Liberation War.

Today's Star special is about this brave young freedom fighter.