Jamaat district amir dies suddenly while delivering fiery speech at protest rally

Local correspondent

At the end of the Jamaat protest procession, Kushtia district Jamaat Amir Abul Hashem was giving a loud speech as the chief guest. At one point during the speech, he fell unconscious and was taken to the hospital. There, the doctor declared him dead.

The incident took place on NS Road in the city at around 4 pm today, Monday, January 19.

Abul Hashem was born in Golapnagar village of Bheramara upazila of Kushtia. He was a teacher at Poradaha Degree College in Mirpur upazila. His death was confirmed by District Jamaat Secretary Suja Uddin Joarddar.

At the same time, Jamaat-e-Islami MP candidate Amir Hamza announced his death in a post on his verified Facebook page.

In the post, he said, “I have lost my guardian. My guardian, Abul Hashem, the Amir of Kushtia District Jamaat-e-Islami, suffered a stroke while speaking at a protest march after Asr today in protest against threats to kill me.”

According to party sources, Amir Hamza posted on Facebook on Sunday that he was receiving death threats. In protest, a protest march was organized in the city from the municipality premises today under the initiative of Sadar Upazila Jamaat, which was led by Abul Hashem.

The procession circled the city’s main road, NS Road, and ended at the Ektara intersection, where Abul Hashem was standing and giving a speech.

The Facebook live broadcast of the rally showed Abul Hashem shouting excitedly at one point in his speech. He suddenly stopped and collapsed. At that time, the leaders and activists who were nearby rushed him to a nearby private hospital, where the doctor on duty declared Abul Hashem dead.

Protest rally suspended following Abul Hashem’s death.