Maj Shahjahan laid to rest

President Iajuddin Ahmed pays last respect to Major Md Shahjahan after placing a wreath on his coffin yesterday. PHOTO: ISPR

Earlier, his first namaz-e-janaza was held at Chopper's Den in Dhaka Cantonment at 8.00am. President and Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces Iajuddin Ahmed, Chief of Army Staff Lt General Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury, Chief of the Naval Staff Rear Admiral Shah Iqbal Mujtaba and Chief of the Air Staff Air Vice Marshal Fakhrul Azam attended the janaza.

Relatives of the deceased, senior army officials and a large number of military personnel also attended the janaza, says an ISPR release.

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Later, President Iajuddin, military secretary to the prime minister Brigadier General Sharif Uddin on behalf of Prime Minister Khaleda Zia and the Chief of Army Staff Lt General Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury placed wreaths on the coffin of Shahjahan to pay their last respects.

The body was later taken to Comilla Cantonment by a military helicopter where his second janaza was held. Then it was taken to Paoue Primary School maidan in Chandina in a ceremonial funeral procession. His third and last janaza was held there.

Some 24 peacekeepers of different countries, including Major Shahjahan, died in the helicopter crash on its way to the eastern town of Kailahun from the Sierra Leone capital of Freetown on June 29.