Serajul Alam Khan, one of the main organisers of the Liberation War passed away today. He was 82.

He passed away around 2:30 pm on Friday while undergoing treatment in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Director of the hospital Brig Gen Md Nazmul Haque confirmed the matter.

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Serajul was put on life support in the ICU of DMCH on Thursday after his health condition deteriorated.

Widely known as "Dada" and "Dadabhai", Serajul was born on January 6, 1941.

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He was a founding member of Swadhin Bangla Biplobi Parishad alias Nucleus. He founded and led Mujib Bahini (aka BLF) with Tofael Ahmed, Sheikh Fazlul Haque Moni, and Abdur Razzaq.

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