He passed away at the United Hospital around 12:40 pm on Thursday, said Haroon Habib, secretary general of the Sector Commanders Forum. The former secretary then caught COVID-19 and later recovered from the disease, but the doctors kept him on the ventilator as his condition did not improve, the secretary general of the forum added. In 1970, he was elected general secretary of the Salimullah Muslim Hall Students’ Union at the Dhaka University. Later, he was appointed assistant director of the Jatiya Rakkhi Bahini. When the Rakkhi Bahini was dissolved, he returned to the army.

Source: bd News24 December 10, 2020 14:48 UTC