BNP Vice-Chairman Shah Moazzem Hossain dies

UNB :
BNP Vice-Chairman Shah Moazzem Hossain died on Wednesday night. He was 83.
The veteran politician breathed his last at around 9:30pm at his Gulshan residence, said BNP media cell member Sayrul Kabir Khan.
The BNP leader had long been suffering from old age complications, he added.
Shah Moazzem left behind a son and a daughter to mourn his death.
According to BNP sources, Shah Moazzem Hossain was active in major political movements including
the 6-point movement, language movement and Bangladesh’s independence war. He was also active in Awami League, and Jatiya Party.
He was an accused in the Bangabandhu murder case. Later, he was acquitted by the court verdict.
He was born at Dogachhi village in Munshiganj district on 10 January in 1939. He was elected MP from Dhaka-5 Constituency from Bangladesh Awami League in the first parliamentary election of the country in 1973.