Goodbye AB

Tributes pour in as legendary rock singer, guitarist, songwriter and composer Ayub Bacchu breathed his last in Dhaka city on Thursday. 

Hundreds of thousands of fans gathered in his namaj-e-janaza in Dhaka and Chattogram.

Ayub Bachchu, also popular as AB, was laid to rest in Chattogram beside the grave of his mother on Saturday evening.

People wait in long queues to pay last tribute to rock legend Ayub Bacchu in Chattogram on Saturday. Photo: Prothom Alo

Ayub Bacchu’s father Mohammad Ishuque Chowdhury and son Ahnaf Tazwar Ayub console each other. Photo: Prothom Alo

Grief-stricken son of Ayub Bachchu. Photo: Prothom Alo.

Fans place floral wreath on Ayub Bachchu’s coffin in his Chattogram home. Photo: Prothom Alo

City mayor AJM Nasir Uddin places floral wreath on behalf of Chattogram City Corporation. Photo: Prothom Alo

Hundreds of thousands of people attend Ayub Bachchu’s namaj-e-janaza at Jamiatul Falah Mosque in Chattogram. Photo: Prothom Alo

Singer Partha Barua pays tribute to Ayub Bachchu in Chattogram. Photo: Prothom Alo

The coffin carrying Ayub Bachchu’s body was being taken to Central Shaheed Minar on Firday. Photo: Prothom Alo

A child pays tribute to Ayub Bachchu at Central Shaheed Minar on Friday. Photo: Prothom Alo

Cultural affairs minister Asaduzzaman Noor breaks down in tears after seeing the body of Ayub Bachchu at Central Shaheed Minar on Friday. Photo: Prothom Alo

Hundreds of fans attend first namaj-e-janaza of Ayub Bachchu in National Eidgah on Friday. Photo: Prothom Alo