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Grave for Ershad ready in Rangpur

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Published: 15:32, 15 July 2019   Update: 15:18, 26 July 2020
Grave for Ershad ready in Rangpur

Staff Correspondent, Rangpur: The grave for recently late former president and Jatiya Party (JP) Chairman Hussein Muhammad Ershad has been prepared at ‘Palli Nibash’ at his residence in Rangur.

The grave was dug with the supervision of Rangpur Metropolitan Jatiya Party president, also Rangpur City Mayor Mostafizur Rahman Mostafa on Monday afternoon.

HM Ershad breathed his last while undergoing treatment at the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in the capital on Sunday morning.

His body will be taken to Rangpur and there will be offered forth Namaz-e-Janaza.

Ershad’s wife and other family members expressed their wish of burying him in Dhaka.

Mostafizar Rahman said, “We are ready to receive body of our beloved leader.  Party leaders of Rajshahi division are with us. They also agree to bury Ershad in Rangpur. Our beloved leader will be buried in Rangpur at any cost.”

He sought for overall assistance from prime minister, party leaders and family members of Ershad in this regard.

Mostafizar Rahman said, “We want to bury Ershad in a public place so that common people can visit his grave and offer tribute to him comfortably.”

Citing that several family members and party leaders against of burying him in Rangpur, he said, “There are some brokers in Jatiya Party. They play different role in different times. We will foil their conspiracies.”

The grave was dug with the consent of all Rangpur and Rajshahi division leaders, he added.

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