Akij Footwear MD Sheikh Momin dies

Sheikh Momin Uddin, managing director of Akij Footwear and SAF Industries Ltd, died of Covid-19 while undergoing treatment at Ad-Din Hospital in Dhaka yesterday. He was 63 years old.

Momin was the second son of the group's founder late Sheikh Akij Uddin.

He was admitted to the hospital in Moghbazar on August 12 after being infected with the virus, confirmed Shikh Afiluddin, Jashore-1 MP and younger brother of the deceased.

In the 1980s, Momin took charge of the abandoned SAF leather factory in Abhaynagar of Jashore and modernised it to become one of the largest leather factories in the country.

He won the National Export Trophy (Gold) for three consecutive years in 2009, 2010, and 2011.

His first janaza was held at the hospital premises. His second namaz-e-zanaza will be held at ASF Industries premises today, followed by another one at his ancestral home in Bejerdanga area of Jashore. He will be laid gto rest beside his father.