Senior lawyer Khandaker Mahbub put on life support

Staff Reporter :
Senior Supreme Court lawyer and Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Vice-Chairman Khandker Mahbub Hossain was kept on ventilator support in a hospital in capital Dhaka on Wednesday after his health condition deteriorated.
Khandaker Mahbub’s junior Advocate Mohammad Shishir Monir and Advocate Mahbubur Rahman Dulal said that Khandaker Mahbub was admitted to Evercare Hospital on Monday due to sudden water in his lungs. He was taken for ventilation support after his condition worsened early hours yesterday.
The family urged all to pray for Khandaker Mahbub and for his early recovery.
Earlier, Khandker Mahbub was also admitted to Evercare Hospital after he was tested positive for Covid-19 on August 16 last year.
Khandaker Mahbub Hossain, four times President of the Supreme Court Bar Association and twice Vice-Chairman of the Bangladesh Bar Council, was born on March 20, 1938.
He started his career as a lawyer on January 31 in 1967. On October 20 of the same year his name was enlisted as a lawyer in the High Court. He served as the Chief Prosecutor during the post-independence trial of war criminals under the Brokers Act in 1973.