The 92-year old died while undergoing treatment at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University on Thursday.
He had been kept in the prison cell of the top notch public hospital ever since his arrest on Jan 11, 2012.
Found guilty of all five categories of crime -- conspiracy, planning, incitement, complicity (abetment) and murder by the International Crimes Tribunal on July 15, 2013, Ghulam Azam had been carrying out his 90-year jail term at the hospital’s prison cell.
He was buried at his family graveyard, a secluded ground within a mosque close to his home at Moghbazar, at 3:45pm Saturday.
Earlier on Friday, residents of the Jamaat guru’s home district Brahmanbaria staged a demonstration against any move to bury him there.
The protesters coming from across a broad social spectrum held a rally and procession at Nabinagar Upazila.
Although, freedom fighters there showed much valour during the Liberation War, the people of Nabinagar still felt ashamed because the man behind horrific war crimes hailed from there, the speakers at the rally said.
Back to Baitul
Azam’s funeral prayer was held at the north gate of Baitul Mukarram National Mosque. Thirty-three years ago, he was beaten by an angry mob on the footsteps of this very mosque.