UNB, Chittagong :
Former Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) Mayor and city Awami League President ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury passed away at a hospital here early Friday. He was 73.
Mohiuddin Chowdhury breathed his last around 3:00am at Max Hospital where he had been on life support as his condition deteriorated on Thursday night, said Mohiul Hasan Chowdhury Nowfel, the elder son of the former mayor and organising
secretary of Awami League. Mohiuddin Chowdhury was taken to the hospital earlier in the evening and later shifted to its Intensive Care Unit (ICU) around 10pm, and put on life support, said his son-in-law Dr Selim Jahangir, also head of the CCC Health Department.
On November 11 last, Mohiuddin Chowdhury was admitted to the ICU of the same hospital as he had been suffering from kidney and heart ailments.
Later, he was shifted to Square Hospitals in Dhaka and then taken to Gleneagles Hospital in Singapore. His Namaz-e-Janaza was held after Asr prayers yesterday at Laldighi Maidan in the city. He was buried at his family graveyard at Chashma Hill in the city’s Sholoshahar area.
After the news of his death spread around, hundreds of Awami League leaders and activists and common people thronged the hospital.
Born on December 1, 1944 at Gohira village in Raojan upazila of Chittagong district, Mohiuddin Chowdhury got involved in Chhatra League politics in his college life.
He was elected Mayor of Chittagong City Corporation first in 1994, while for the second time in 2000 and for the third consecutive time in 2005. He was the President of Chittagong City Awami League until his death.
Mohiuddin Chowdhury joined different movements under the leadership of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman before the country’s Liberation War. He was arrested several times by the then Pakistanis rulers.
During the Liberation War, he was sent to jail in Chittagong and tortured by the Pakistani Army. Four months later he fled to India from the jail. After receiving training there, Mohiuddin Chowdhury joined the Liberation War under the Mountain Division of Indo-Bangla joint force.
After the assassination of Bangabandhu, Mohiuddin Chowdhury fled to India again and returned home after a long time as per a party directive. During the anti-Ershad movement, he was arrested as he declared the former military ruler as persona non-grata in Chittagong.
In 2007, the army-backed government arrested Mohiuddin Chowdhury and other politicians in the country in an overnight raid on March 7 and sent him to a remote jail in Bandarban.
Former Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) Mayor and city Awami League President ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury passed away at a hospital here early Friday. He was 73.
Mohiuddin Chowdhury breathed his last around 3:00am at Max Hospital where he had been on life support as his condition deteriorated on Thursday night, said Mohiul Hasan Chowdhury Nowfel, the elder son of the former mayor and organising
secretary of Awami League. Mohiuddin Chowdhury was taken to the hospital earlier in the evening and later shifted to its Intensive Care Unit (ICU) around 10pm, and put on life support, said his son-in-law Dr Selim Jahangir, also head of the CCC Health Department.
On November 11 last, Mohiuddin Chowdhury was admitted to the ICU of the same hospital as he had been suffering from kidney and heart ailments.
Later, he was shifted to Square Hospitals in Dhaka and then taken to Gleneagles Hospital in Singapore. His Namaz-e-Janaza was held after Asr prayers yesterday at Laldighi Maidan in the city. He was buried at his family graveyard at Chashma Hill in the city’s Sholoshahar area.
After the news of his death spread around, hundreds of Awami League leaders and activists and common people thronged the hospital.
Born on December 1, 1944 at Gohira village in Raojan upazila of Chittagong district, Mohiuddin Chowdhury got involved in Chhatra League politics in his college life.
He was elected Mayor of Chittagong City Corporation first in 1994, while for the second time in 2000 and for the third consecutive time in 2005. He was the President of Chittagong City Awami League until his death.
Mohiuddin Chowdhury joined different movements under the leadership of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman before the country’s Liberation War. He was arrested several times by the then Pakistanis rulers.
During the Liberation War, he was sent to jail in Chittagong and tortured by the Pakistani Army. Four months later he fled to India from the jail. After receiving training there, Mohiuddin Chowdhury joined the Liberation War under the Mountain Division of Indo-Bangla joint force.
After the assassination of Bangabandhu, Mohiuddin Chowdhury fled to India again and returned home after a long time as per a party directive. During the anti-Ershad movement, he was arrested as he declared the former military ruler as persona non-grata in Chittagong.
In 2007, the army-backed government arrested Mohiuddin Chowdhury and other politicians in the country in an overnight raid on March 7 and sent him to a remote jail in Bandarban.
