veteran AL leader
Joynal Hazari laid to eternal rest
Member of Awami League's advisory council and a former MP of Feni Joynal Abedin Hazari was laid to rest at the Mujib Udyan in Feni district town on Tuesday.
His namaz-e-janaza was held at 10 am at Baitul Mukarram National Mosque.
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The veteran AL leader was buried around 5:30 pm after the second namaz-e-janaza at 5 pm at Feni Government Pilot High School ground.
Several thousand people including leaders and activists of Awami League attended the janaza.
Besides, he was given state honour at the initiative of local administration.
The body of the Awami League leader reached Mastarpara Hazari Bari around 2:30 pm from Dhaka and then it was taken to Mujib Udyan.
Joynal Hazari, , a lifelong bachelor, died at Labaid Specialized Hospital in the capital on Monday. He was 76.
Hazari, a valiant freedom fighter, was admitted to the hospital on December 15 with lung infections, cardiac and kidney problems.
Born on August 24, 1945 in Feni, Hazari was elected MP thrice--1986, 1991 and 199--with Awami League ticket from Feni-2 constituency.
Later, Hazari was the general secretary of the Feni district unit of AL from 1984 to 2004.
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In 2001, a joint forces team conducted a drive at the house of Hazari during the caretaker government, but he managed to flee to India.
He was expelled from Awami League in 2004 when he was on the run in India.
In 2019, Hazari was made a member of Awami League's advisory council. He was also Editor of a newspaper, ‘Hazarika Pratidin’.
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