Lt Col Ismail dies in S’pore
Rapid Action Battalion officer Lt Col Md Ismail Hossain, who was injured in a helicopter crash, has died while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Singapore. He was 45.
Two pilots -- Lt Col Ismail and Major Shams -- were injured as a training helicopter of the Bangladesh Army made a crash landing on a waterbody in Nawabganj upazila of Dhaka on July 27.
Ismail, who was a director of Rab's Air Wing, suffered critical injuries to his spine. After being admitted to the Combined Military Hospital, he was flown to Singapore's Mount Elizabeth Hospital on August 5 for better treatment, the Rab said in a statement on Tuesday.
On August 6, a successful surgery was conducted at the hospital but his physical condition started to deteriorate. He breathed his last on Tuesday at the hospital.
Ismail was survived by his parents, wife and two sons.
He will be buried at Banani Graveyard today.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan, army chief, senior secretary of security division under home ministry, IGP, Rab DG and high officials of Rab and army expressed deep shock at the demise of the Rab official.
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