The dead body of legendary musician Ayub Bachchu has been brought to Chattogram for burial on Saturday (Oct 20).
A US Bangla flight carrying his body reached Shah Amanat Airport at 10:45 am, and was received by Chattogram City Corporation Mayor AJM Nasir Uddin on behalf of the citizens.
He was then taken to his maternal grandfather’s house in Madarpur at 12 pm, accompanied by relatives including his wife, son and daughter.
Fans have been pouring into his grandfather’s house since morning to say goodbye to the beloved icon.
It has been confirmed that the city corporation will take full responsibility for organizing the namaz-e-janaza, last rites and burial of Ayub Bachchu.
Bachchu’s body will be kept in the Jamiatul Falah Mosque premises till 3pm until his fourth namaz-e-janaza which will be held after the Asr prayers.
The rock musician will then be laid to rest beside his mother’s grave at the Choitonno Goli graveyard, just as he had wished.
Bachcu who had popularized rock music in passed away on Thursday (Oct 18) at Dhaka’s Square Hospital after suffering a cardiac arrest.
The sudden demise of the 56-year old musical maestro left his fans and media community deeply shocked.
Legions of fans and contemporaries including cabinet members Asaduzzaman Nur and Obaidul Quader gathered at the Central Shaheed Minar on Friday (Oct 19) to pay their last respects to Bachchu.
Three more namaz-e-janazas were held for the musical genius at the National Eidgah Maidan, his studio AB Kitchen premises and Channel i premises respectively on Friday.
Born in Chattogram in 1962, Bachchu started his music career in the port city with the band Feelings in 1978. From 1980 to 1990, he was the lead guitarist of Souls before forming his own band LRB in 1991.
The next year, LRB released a self-titled double album, a first in Bangladesh, and immediately shot up to fame with hard rock numbers like "Madhobi" "Hawker", "Dhakar Sondhya" and “Ghum Bhanga Shohore”.
The album not only showed Bachchu’s creative abilities but also paved the way for him to become a musical maestro.
In the following years, LRB released 11 more studio albums — “Shukh” (1993), “Tobuo” (1994), “Ghumanto Shahare” (1995), “Shwapno” (1996), double album “Amader Bishmoy!” 1 & 2 (1998), “Mon Chaile Mon Pabe” (2000), “Achena Jibon” (2003), “Mone Achhe Naki Nai” (2005), “Sparsho” (2008), “Juddho” (2012) and “Rakhe Allah Mare Ke” (2016).
In 1996, LRB became the first Bangladeshi band to release a live unplugged album — “Ferari Mon”.
Bachchu pursued a solo career, way before forming LRB. In 1986, when he was the lead guitarist of Souls, his first solo album “Rokto Golap” was released followed by “Moyna” in 1988.
His 1995 solo album titled “Koshto” was a huge hit. In the following years, he released several more solo albums — “Shomoy” (1998) , “Eka” (1999),”Prem Tumi Ki” (2002), “Duti Mon” (2002), “Kafela” (2002), “Rimjhim Brishti” (2008), “Bolini Kokhono” (2009) and “Jiboner Golpo” (2015).