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Ctg stampede: PM gives financial assistance

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Published: 14:20, 24 December 2017   Update: 15:18, 26 July 2020
Ctg stampede: PM gives financial assistance

Staff Correspondent: The Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday gave financial assistance to the family members of 10 victims who were killed in a stampede at the Qulkhwani of Mohiuddin Chowdhury on December 18.

She handed over the cheques for financial assistance to them at the residence of Chowdhury. At that time, Sheikh Hasina embraced and consoled them. 

Prime Minister visited the residence of late Awami League (AL) leader and former Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) mayor ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury to convey condolence to the bereaved family.

The motorcade of PM reached Mohiuddin's residence at Chashma Hill around 4:05pm on Sunday.

Late Mohiuddin's wife Hasina Mohiuddin, president of Chittagong City Women Awami League, and his son Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury Nowfel, organizing secretary of the central Awami League, received the premier.

Sheikh Hasina stayed there for some time and consoled the family members of Mohiuddin, who died on December 15.

She also prayed for eternal peace of the departed soul. 

Mohiuddin, an organizer of the liberation war and a former city mayor, breathed his last at city's Max Hospital on December 15. 

He had been suffering from heart and kidney complications for a long time. 

Housing and Public Works Minister Engineer Mosharraf Hossain was present on the occasion, among others.

 

risingbd/Chittagong/December 24, 2017/Rezaul/A K Azad

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