Shahan Ara Begum passes away
Shahan Ara Begum, a freedom fighter, politician, cultural activist and a witness of the heinous August 15 killings, has passed away at the age of 72.
She breathed her last at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib University Hospital on Sunday night after a brain stroke, said family sources.
Shahan was the wife of Barishal-2 lawmaker Abul Hasanat Abdullah, and mother of Barishal City Corporation Mayor Serniabat Sadiq Abdullah.
Shahan Ara lost her son Sukanta Babu and four of her relatives on the fateful night of August 15, 1975, while she was living at her father-in-law Shaheed Abdur Rab Serniabat's Minto Road residence in Dhaka. She was also shot and injured.
Her first namaz-e-janaza was held at BSMMU on Sunday. She was buried with state honour at Barishal's Muslim Graveyard yesterday, following a second janaza.
She was a vice president of Barishal district Awami League. AL district and city units, Barishal City Corporation, and many other organisations expressed deep shock at the death.
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