Dhaka, Mar 31 – The head of the intelligence wing of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab), Lt Col Abul Kalam Azad, who was injured during the raid on a ‘militant den’ in Sylhet, died at the Combined Military Hospital (CMH), Dhaka early Friday.Azad was taken to Singapore for better treatment after he received injuries in bomb blasts during the raid, codenamed ‘Twilight’, on March 25, breathed his last at the CMH around 5 am, Rab officials said. On Wednesday, Azad was brought back home from Singapore.
His first namaz-e-janaza will be held at Cantonment Central Mosque after Jumma prayers Friday and the second at Rab Headquarters at 3 pm. He will be buried at Banani military graveyard, informed sources said.
Six people, including two policemen, were killed and 40 others, including Azad, Director (Intelligence) of the Rab force, and another official of the wing, injured in two bomb blasts near a ‘militant den’ at Shibbari in South Surma upazila, Sylhet on the night of March 25 during the army-led operation on a militant den.
He was flown to Singapore on March 26 for better treatment. – UNB with GW New3s Desk
