Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) observed the 54th death anniversary of martyr Sergeant Zahurul Haque Wednesday.

On this day in 1969, Sergeant Zahurul, a Bengali member of the then Pakistan Air Force, was killed by the Pakistan Army after being arrested in the Agartala conspiracy case in Dhaka Cantonment.

Zahurul was arrested in December 1967 in the case filed by the Pakistan government and kept in the Dhaka Central Jail.

The case was later renamed "State versus Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Others" where Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was mentioned as the first accused and Sergeant Zahurul 17th.

Under the Air Force Act, Zahurul was later held captive in Dhaka Cantonment. Ayub Khan was forced to withdraw the Agartala conspiracy case in the face of a mass uprising in 1969. But at the same time, Zahurul was shot dead by soldiers of the Pakistani Army in Dhaka Cantonment on February 15, 1969.

In recognition of his outstanding contribution to the liberation of the country, a student hall of Dhaka University was named after "Sergeant Zahurul Haque Hall" and BAF Base in Chattogram was named BAF Base Zahurul Haque in 1982.

He was awarded the "Swadhinata Padak" in 2018.

On his death anniversary, a milad mahfil was arranged at the central mosque of BAF Base Zahurul Haque after Zuhr prayers, said the Inter Services Public Relation Directorate Wednesday.

Air Officer Commanding of BAF Base Zahurul Haque Air Vice Marshal Md Badrul Amin, senior officers, airmen and other members of the base attended the milad mahfil.