Freedom fighter and Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury was laid to rest inside in Savar this afternoon.
Following his last namaz-e-janaza at the PHA field around 2:30pm, he was buried beside the Suchona building in the Gonoshasthaya Kendra premises.
After the burial, Abdul Jalil, imam of the Central Jame Mosque of Ghorapir Mazar, offered prayers seeking eternal peace of the departed soul around 3:22 pm.
Md Enamur Rahman; state minister for disaster management and relief; Bangabir Abdul Kader Siddique, president of Krishak Sramik Janata League; Benazir Ahmed, Dhaka district Awami League president; Dewan Salauddin Babu, family and welfare affairs secretary of BNP central committee; Jonaid Saki, chief coordinator of Gono Songhoti Andolon; Ishtiaq Aziz Ulfat, president of Nationalist Freedom Fighters Party; freedom fighter Sheikh Rafiqul Islam Bablu, convener of Bhasani Anusari Parishad; Naeem Jahangir, former secretary general of Muktijoddha Sangsad; and Nurul Haque Noor, member secretary of Gono Odhikar Parishad, were among those who attended his namaz-e-janaza.
Chairperson of Gonoshasthaya Kendra's board of trustees Professor Altafunnesa, Trustee Sandhya Roy, Dr Abul Kashem Chowdhury, Zafrullah Chowdhury's wife Shireen Huq, daughter Brishti Chowdhury, son Bareesh Hasan Chowdhury, brother Brig Gen Shahidul Islam, Gonoshasthaya Kendra Chief Executive Manjur Kader Ahmed, and Press Adviser Muhammad Jahangir Alam were present.
Besides, leaders and activists of political and social organisations, officials and employees of Gonoshasthaya Kendra, students and thousands of people also attended the namaz-e-janaza and burial.
