Kushtia Jamaat ameer dies while addressing rally

Kushtia district Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Abul Hashem died while addressing a protest rally yesterday.

He was rushed to Mannan Heart Foundation, a private hospital in the district town, around 4:30pm, where doctors pronounced him dead.

Confirming the matter, district Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary Suja Uddin Joardar said, “I was standing right beside him while he was speaking. He collapsed in my hands.”

Dr Shamim Ara Begum of Mannan Heart Foundation said the Jamaat leader was already dead when he was brought to the hospital.

Suja Uddin said the deceased’s first namaz-e-janaza will be held at 9:00am today at Chadagara Eidgah ground in the town. The second janaza will be held in Mirpur upazila.

The rally and gathering were organised yesterday to protest alleged death threats against the Jamaat-nominated candidate for the Kushtia-3 (Sadar) constituency, Amir Hamza.

A procession started from the Kushtia municipality premises around 3:30pm and marched through NS Road to Ektara Mor, where Hashem breathed his last.  He was a teacher at Poradah Degree College in Mirpur upazila.