RAB intel chief laid to eternal rest

Staff Correspondent: Lieutenant Colonel Abul Kalam Azad, the chief of the intelligence wing of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) who succumbed to injuries he received in a bomb blast near a militant den at Shibbari in South Surma upazila, Sylhet on March 25 during an army-led operation, was laid to eternal rest on Friday afternoon.

Azad was buried at Banani Military Graveyard around 5:00pm after the completion of second namaz-e-janaza at the RAB headquarters.

Earlier, his first janaza was held at Bangladesh Army Central Mosque after Juma prayers.

Azad, Director (Intelligence) of the elite force, breathed his last at Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in Dhaka around 12:05am on Friday.

Meanwhile, the autopsy on the body of the RAB official was held at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) in the morning.

Dr Sohel Mahmud, head of the DMCH Forensic Department who conducted the autopsy, said Azad died due to the blast and a splinter of a bomb was found in his brain.

The splinter penetrated into brain through his left eye, he said.

Six people, including two policemen, were killed and 40 others, including Azad, Director (Intelligence) of the elite force, and another official of the wing, injured in two bomb blasts near a militant den at Shibbari in South Surma upazila, Sylhet on the night of March 25 during the army-led operation on a militant den.

Azad was flown to Singapore on March 26 for better treatment.

Later, he was brought back home from Singapore on Wednesday and admitted to Combined Military Hospital (CMH), Dhaka.

Azad succumbed to his injuries at the CMH early Friday.

risingbd/DHAKA/Mar 31, 2017/Nur/Amirul