Brac official Mohiuddin laid to rest
The body of Brac official Mohammad Mohiuddin, who was shot dead at Brac provincial office in Ghor of Afghanistan on May 3, arrives on a flight at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital yesterday. Photo: Banglar Chokh
Mohammad Mohiuddin, a Brac official, who was killed during a deadly gun attack on the NGO's office in Ghor of Afghanistan Thursday morning, was laid to rest at his family graveyard in Fulbaria upazila yesterday. Amid love and tears of relatives and a huge number of locals, he was buried at Betbari village at night after a namaz-e-janaza following Magrib prayers. Earlier, an Air Dubai flight carrying the body of Mohiuddin, 41, son of late Muslem Uddin of the village, landed Hazrat Shahjalal (R) International Airport in Dhaka at around 10:30am. A pall of gloom descended the area when the victim's body was brought to his ancestral home at about 4:30pm. Mohiuddin, a Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) graduate, was working as Brac's area manager in Chaghcharan, the provincial capital there since 2009, said family members. Talking to this correspondent, Mohiuddin's wife Parveen Akhter, mother of two, said her husband might have been killed in a planned way as no other staffs died in the Taliban attack. She also urged Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, chairperson of the Brac, to conduct an investigation into the incident. “Now how would I rear up my children and bear their education costs in absence of Mohiuddin”, said Parveen in tears. Contacted, Moniruzzaman, Brac Mymensingh Sadar area manager, said the authorities have assured the family of giving Tk 10 lakh as compensation. This is the second incident of Brac official killing in Afghanistan in the last 10 years. On September 12, 2007, unknown gunmen shot Brac official Abdul Alim, 38, dead during clashes between the Taliban and Afghan security forces.
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