Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday expressed deep shock and sorrow at the death of eminent academic and valiant freedom fighter Prof Ajoy Roy.
The Prime Minister prayed for his eternal salvation and expressed sympathy to the bereaved family.
Ajoy Roy, a retired Dhaka University professor and father of slain writer and blogger Avijit Roy, passed away at Bangladesh Institute of Research and Rehabilitation in Diabetes, Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders (Birdem) Hospital in the city on Monday at the age of 85.