Communist leader and freedom fighter Haider Anwar Khan Juno died in hospital care at the age of 76.
He passed away at the capital’s Gonoshasthaya Nagar Hospital around 1:30 pm on Thursday, his daughter Ananya Laboni confirmed.
Juno was admitted to Square Hospital on Sept 15 after suffering a heart while battling pneumonia. He was later put on life support as his condition deteriorated.
Juno was transferred to Gonoshasthaya Nagar Hospital a week later on Oct 22, according to Laboni.
Juno, the younger brother of communist leader Haider Akbar Khan Rano, was born in 1944 in Kolkata. Their ancestral home is in Barashula village of Narail. His father Hatem Ali Khan was an engineer. His grandfather, Syed Nausher Ali, was an eminent politician.
