Published : 23 Jul 2025, 02:49 AM
Updated : 21 Aug 2026, 01:33 PM
Flight Lieutenant Towkir Islam Sagar, who died in Monday’s Air Force jet crash during training in Dhaka, has been buried with state honours in Rajshahi.
His funeral prayers were held at 4:30pm on Tuesday at the Rajshahi District Muktijuddho Smriti Stadium, attended by senior civil and military officials and thousands of relatives, friends and people from different walks of life.
After the funeral prayers, Towkir’s body was taken to Supura graveyard where he was laid to rest with a guard of honour.
In a short memorial before that, Towkir’s father, Tohurul Islam, gave a tearful address: “I am that cursed father who carried his child’s body on his shoulder. Please pray for my son, and for all those who died in this tragedy.”
His maternal uncle Motiur Rahman also spoke.
Earlier in the day, a Bangladesh Air Force helicopter flew Towkir’s remains from Dhaka to the Rajshahi Cantonment. From there, those were taken to his family’s rented home in Sector 3 of Rajshahi’s Upashahar area. As the body arrived, the house was engulfed in grief.
Originally from Shibganj in Chapainawabganj, Towkir had grown up in Rajshahi, studied at Govt Laboratory High School and later at Pabna Cadet College. He joined the Air Force in 2016.
He had recently married. His wife teaches at a private university.
Towkir’s aircraft crashed into Milestone School and College during a solo training flight, killing at least 28 people, mostly schoolchildren.
