The funeral prayer has been held for Obaidul Islam Sabuj, a lecturer, the organising secretary of the Awami League in Chougachha upazila of Jessore, and chairman of Pashapol union parishad.
It was held after the Asr prayer on Saturday (17 October) at the ground of Pashapol Government Primary School.
He died at about 9am on Saturday while being treated at Ibn Sina Hospital in Jessore. He had been admitted there with symptoms of measles and fever.
Those at the funeral included the upazila BNP president M A Salam; the upazila Jamaat amir, Maulana Golam Morshed; the former upazila BNP president Zahurul Islam; the upazila Jamaat assistant secretaries Master Kamal Ahmed Biswas and Master Rohidul Islam Khan; the upazila BNP organising secretaries Mostafizur Rahman Mostak and Advocate Alimuddin Khan; and the BNP leader and Patibila UP chairman Ataur Rahman Lal, along with activists of several political parties, elected representatives, relatives and local people.
His death has cast a shadow of grief across Pashapol union. Political colleagues, well-wishers and local people have expressed deep sorrow, and people from all walks of life have prayed for his soul and offered condolences to his bereaved family.
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