The member of the Crack Platoon breathed his last at his home in Dhaka's Banani at 5pm on MondayThe 1971 independence war veteran has left behind his wife Yasmin Sadique and daughter Sanjana Sadique. Masud Sadique, known as Chullu to his close ones, was a member of the Crack Platoon, a group that gave the Pakistani Army much headache during the war by conducting sudden guerrilla operations. Masud Sadique is the younger brother of late education minister ASHK Sadique, whose widow Ismat Ara Sadique is State Minister for Public Administration now. His fellow fighter Shahidullah Khan Badal told bdnews24.com that Chullu's body was kept at the United Hospital mortuary. The final decision on the burial will be taken when Sanjana returns.

Source: bd News24 October 16, 2017 17:37 UTC