Tajul Islam, former leader of Bangladesh Chhatra Union, joined the Adamjee Jute Mills as a general employee after completing his graduation from the Economics department at Dhaka University.

He was killed on March 1, 1984 when police opened fire on a procession brought out by Sramik Karmachari Oikya Parishad (Skop) to realise the five-point demand of the then 11 workers' organisation.