BNP on Tuesday paid last respect to Major General (retd) Chitta Ranjan Dutta, a war hero and commander of sector-4 during the country’s Liberation War in 1971.

Major General (retd) Chitta Ranjan Dutta, a sector commander during Bangladesh’s Liberation War, died at a hospital in Florida due to old age complications on Tuesday.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and President Abdul Hamid on Tuesday expressed deep shock and sorrow at the death of Chitta Ranjan Dutta, Bir Uttam, popularly known as CR Dutta who served as a sector commander during the great Liberation War.