Body of Hannan Shah to arrive Wednesday

The first namaz-e-janaza of BNP standing committee member ASM Hannan Shah will be held at a mosque in Singapore after Esha prayers on Tuesday, said BNP chairperson’s media wing member Shamsuddin Didar.
Hannan Shah breathed his last around 5:05am (Singapore time) on Tuesday at the age of 77 at Raffles Heart Centre in Singapore while undergoing treatment for cardiovascular diseases.
Hannan Shah’s son Rezaul Hannan said his father’s body is scheduled to arrive at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport from Singapore by 6pm on Wednesday.
From the airport, his mortal remains will be taken to his Mohakhali DOHS residence.
Later, it will be kept at CMH mortuary. It will be there overnight on Wednesday.
His second janaza will be held at Mohakhali DOHS mosque at about 10am on Thursday, while the third one at the South Plaza of the Jatiya Sangsad around 11am and the fourth one in front of BNP’s Nayapaltan central office after Zohr prayers.
Hannan Shah’s body will be will be taken to Gazipur on Friday where his three janazas- one at Joydebpur Rajbari ground at 9am, another at Kapasia Pilot High Scholl ground around 10am and the last one at Gram Chala Bazar High Scholl ground after Jumaa prayers- will be held, and then will be buried at his family graveyard in Kapasia.
He is survived by his wife, two sons, a daughter and a host of relatives, followers and well-wishers.
On 6 September, Hannan Shah complained of chest pain at his Mohakhali DOHS residence around 8:30pm, and then was taken to the Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka where he had been on life support.
Following doctors’ advice, the BNP leader was flown to Singapore on 11 September for better treatment at the Raffles Heart Centre.
Hearing the news of his demise, BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir visited Hannan Shah’s residence around 9pm and consoled the bereaved family members.
Hannan Shah was born in Kapasia’s Ghagtia in 1939. His father Fakir Abdul Mannan was a minister of the Pakistan government from 1965-68.
Hannan Shah was commissioned in Bangladesh Army in 1962 and retired in 1981 as a Brigadier general.
He joined BNP in 1983 and was made Dhaka city unit BNP’s joint convener, and inducted into the cabinet when BNP came to power in 1991.
He came to spotlight in 2007 after 1/11 political changeover by taking strong position in favour of BNP chief Khaleda Zia to prevent the party’s split by a group of the party’s reformist leader.
Hanan Shah was made party standing committee member in its fifth council in 2009 and in its sixth council this year as well.
He had also been elected MP twice from Gazipur-4 constituency.