Five die during second phase of Ijtema

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Gazipur Correspondent
Published : 16:40, Jan 18, 2020 | Updated : 16:42, Jan 18, 2020

A total of five people have died during the second phase of the three-day Biswa Ijtema, which started on Friday (Jan 17).
Four people died on the first day while another died late on Thursday (Jan 16), said Gazipur police's Deputy Commissioner Manzur Rahman, the spokesperson for the Ijtema police control room.
Sixty-six-year-old Kazi Alauddin, who travelled from Sunamganj, died of old age complications on Thursday (Jan 16).
The four others who died the next day have been identified as Uttara resident 85-year-old Ilias Miah, 65-year-old Abdus Sobhan from Gaibandha, 65-year-old Humayun Kabir from Rangpur, and Jhenaidah's AFM Jahurul Alam, 62.
All of them died due to old-age complication and cardiac diseases, according to the police control room.
On Wednesday (Jan 15), two people, who were on the way to the Ijtema, died after being run over by a bus and a train near Gazipur's Tongi, the venue of the congregation.
The second phase of the Ijtema began with ‘Aam Bayan’ (general sermons) on Friday (Jan 17) on the banks of Turag River at Tongi, on the outskirts of the Dhaka city. The 'Akheri Munazat' (final prayers) will mark the end on Sunday (Jan 19)/
The first phase of the Ijtema began on Jan 10 at the same venue and ended on Jan 12.
Tablig Jamaat has been organizing the Ijtema, the second largest Muslim congregation after the Hajj, at this venue since 1967.
However, it's being in two phases since 2011 to address the accommodation issue.

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