Plane crash victim Nazrul laid to rest

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UNB, Rajshahi :
Freedom Fighter Nazrul Islam, who was killed in US-Bangla plane crash in Kathmandu, was buried at Gorhanga graveyard in the city on Friday afternoon.
He was buried with state honour beside the grave of his wife
Aktara Begum who was also killed in the plane crash. She was buried on Tuesday. Earlier, Nazrul’s second namaz-e-janaza was held at Upashahar central mosque after Juma prayers, said victim’s daughter Kakon. His body was brought here from his Begunbari village home in Gomaosthapur upazila of Chapainawabganj after his first namaz-e-janaza
Local MP Golam Mostafa Biswas and Gomaosthapur upazila nirbahi officer Shihab Raihan, among others, took part in the janaza that was held around 10am in Chapainawabganj, reports our Chapainawabganj correspondent.
An ambulance carrying the body arrived at his village home around 6:00am. Earlier, family members received Nazrul’s body from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Thursday afternoon.
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