Rafiq, the elder brother to Bangabandhu’s daughter Sheikh Rehana’s husband Shafiq Ahmed Siddique, is survived by his wife, two sons and a daughter. Rafiq’s another brother Tarique Ahmed Siddique is advises the prime minister on security affairs. Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Huq has condoled Rafiq’s passing. A Namaz-e-Janaza of Rafiq will be held at the Gola Masjid at Gulshan-1 in Dhaka on Wednesday after the Eid-ul-Fitr prayers, according to the Liberation War affairs ministry’s spokesman Dipankar Barua. Rafiq had worked as managing director of the Machine Tools Factory in Gazipur for a long time.

Source: bd News24 June 04, 2019 17:48 UTC