7 Bangladeshi hajj pilgrims die in Saudi Arabia

Staff Correspondent: A total of seven Bangladeshi hajj pilgrims have died of various reasons including old age complications in Saudi Arabia this year.

A special hajj bulletin from Makkah confirmed the matter.

The deceased are- Ful Miah Mandal, 63, passport no- BM 0491657, Md. Badsha Hussain, 74, pilgrim number- 0085118 from Chapainawabganj, Md. Jahangir Kamal, 66, pilgrim number- 0719081, from Natore,  Abdur Razzak, 75, pilgrim number- 0598159, Md. Farid Uddin, 61, pilgrim number- 0152211, from Barishal and Khandaker A R M Yousuf, 74, pilgrim number- 0036217 from Netrakona and another one remained unidentified.

This year, some 127,198 pilgrims will perform Hajj from Bangladesh under government and private managements.



risingbd/Dhaka/Aug 8, 2017/Ashraf/Nasim