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Suranjit Sengupta’s cremation held at Dirai

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Published: 15:10, 6 February 2017   Update: 15:18, 26 July 2020
Suranjit Sengupta’s cremation held at Dirai

Staff Correspondent: The cremation of veteran Awami League leader and parliamentarian Suranjit Sengupta was held at Anwarpur village of Dirai upazila in Sunamganj on Monday evening.

As per his last wish, he was cremated with the Sandalwood from the tree he planted.

Suranjit's son Soumen Sengupta started the cremation procedure at 6:55pm which continued till one hour.

Earlier, a helicopter carrying the body reached Sunamganj from Sylhet.

Suranjit Sengupta died in the capital city on Sunday at a private hospital.

He was suffering from cancer, breathed his last at about 4.29 am, hours after he was put on life support system at the Labaid Hospital. He was admitted at the hospital on Friday.

Sengupta was a member of Awami League Advisory Council and chairman of Jatiya Sangsad standing committee on Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Ministry and previously served as the railways minister.


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