Amjad Ali no more

Amjad Ali, a dramatist, actor and producer of Bangladesh Betar, who retrieved war-time documents from an Al Badr camp in Rajshahi in 1971, passed away on Thursday night.

He was 72.

Amjad breathed his last at his home in the city's Ranibazar around 11:30pm, said his cousin Ahmed Shafi Uddin.

Amjad left three daughters, and a host of relatives and well-wishers.

On December 18, 1971, Amjad went down a well at a house in Ranibazar which was being used as the divisional camp of Al Badr during the Liberation War. He then pulled out a bag that his cousin Ahmed Shafi, also a journalist back then, had seen floating in the well.

The bag, an important discovery, contained documents of over 2,000 pages left by Al Badr leaders. The documents revealed how ruthless Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed and Al Badr were against Bangladesh's freedom.

One of the documents contained directives by the Al Badr chief towards its members to not even spare their closest relatives in case of their role in Bangladesh's freedom.

Amjad joined Pakistan Radio as a copywriter in the late 1960s. He wrote plays, produced and acted in many radio dramas since then.

He was buried at Hatim Khan-Kadirganj Graveyard following a namaz-e-janaza at Ranibazar Jame Mosque after Juma prayers.