Staff Reporter :
The Chief of the Intelligence Unit of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) Lieutenant Colonel Abul Kalam Azad, who received severe injuries during the ‘Operation Twilight’ in Sylhet on March 25, was raid to rest at Banani military graveyard in the city on Friday afternoon.
An unit of the Bangladesh Army gave late
Abul Kalam Azad guard of honour during his burial at 4:45pm. A RAB unit also gave him the guard of honour at the RAB Headquarters int Uttara around 3:30pm.
He was declared death by the on duty doctors at the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) at about 12:05 am on Friday. His first Namaj-e-Janaza was held at the Cantonment Central Mosque after Jumma prayers and the second one in the RAB Headquarters at around 3:30pm.
The Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, Inspector General of Police (IGP) AKM Shahidul Hoque, the Military Secretary to Prime Minister Major General Mia Md Joynal Abedin, Additional IGP Javed Patwari, the Rapid Action Battalion Director General (DG) Benzazir Ahmed, Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Asaduzzaman Miah, Commanding Officers of different battalions of the elite force, among others, were present at the Namaj-e-Janaza. According to the autopsy report, splinters from the blast that passing through his eyes into his brain caused the death of smart RAB official. Doctors found splinters stuck inside his brain, said Dr Sohel Mahmud, Head of the Forensics at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) on Saturday morning. The splinters pierced through his left eye, got stuck in his brain and it eventually caused death, he said. Lt Colonel Abul Kalam Azad was hit by the blasts near the Atia Mahal on March 25. He was taken to Singapore for better treatment after his injuries in bomb blasts the same day.
Six persons, including two policemen, were killed and 40 others injured, on the fateful day.
The Chief of the Intelligence Unit of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) Lieutenant Colonel Abul Kalam Azad, who received severe injuries during the ‘Operation Twilight’ in Sylhet on March 25, was raid to rest at Banani military graveyard in the city on Friday afternoon.
An unit of the Bangladesh Army gave late
Abul Kalam Azad guard of honour during his burial at 4:45pm. A RAB unit also gave him the guard of honour at the RAB Headquarters int Uttara around 3:30pm.
He was declared death by the on duty doctors at the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) at about 12:05 am on Friday. His first Namaj-e-Janaza was held at the Cantonment Central Mosque after Jumma prayers and the second one in the RAB Headquarters at around 3:30pm.
The Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, Inspector General of Police (IGP) AKM Shahidul Hoque, the Military Secretary to Prime Minister Major General Mia Md Joynal Abedin, Additional IGP Javed Patwari, the Rapid Action Battalion Director General (DG) Benzazir Ahmed, Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Asaduzzaman Miah, Commanding Officers of different battalions of the elite force, among others, were present at the Namaj-e-Janaza. According to the autopsy report, splinters from the blast that passing through his eyes into his brain caused the death of smart RAB official. Doctors found splinters stuck inside his brain, said Dr Sohel Mahmud, Head of the Forensics at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) on Saturday morning. The splinters pierced through his left eye, got stuck in his brain and it eventually caused death, he said. Lt Colonel Abul Kalam Azad was hit by the blasts near the Atia Mahal on March 25. He was taken to Singapore for better treatment after his injuries in bomb blasts the same day.
Six persons, including two policemen, were killed and 40 others injured, on the fateful day.
