Khairunnesa Afsar no more

Khairunnesa Afsar, a freedom fighter from Mymensingh, passed away from old-age complications at a Dhaka hospital yesterday. She was 97.

She was buried at her family graveyard in Bhaluka's Mamarishpur with state honours yesterday, following a namaz-e-janaza at Bhaluka Degree College premises after Asr prayers.

Khairunnesa was one of the few female freedom fighters in Mymensingh, said Bimol Pal, a freedom fighter and researcher.

Khairunnesa, mother of Mymensingh-11 lawmaker Kazim Uddin Ahmed, left behind six children and a host of relatives and well-wishers to mourn her.

She was the wife of Maj Afsar Uddin, a sub-sector commander and chief of Afsar Bahini in Bhaluka and adjacent areas during the Liberation War.