The incident took place around 5am in his Banani residence on Saturday
Published : 18 Jan 2025, 11:53 AM
Babul Kazi, the youngest grandson of Kazi Nazrul Islam, Bangladesh’s national poet, has sustained burn injuries in a “gas lighter explosion”.
He was admitted to the National Burn and Plastic Surgery Institute in Dhaka around 6:45am on Saturday.
According to Dr Shawon Bin Rahman, a resident physician at the institute, 59-year-old Babul was brought to the facility in critical condition after being injured in a gas lighter explosion in the bathroom of his Banani residence around 5am on Saturday.
Doctors reported that 74 percent of his body, including his airway, had been severely burned.
“His condition is critical. That is why he has been admitted to the ICU,” said Shawon.
Efforts to reach his elder sister, Khilkhil Kazi, were unsuccessful as she did not respond to calls.
Sarwari, a family member who answered the on phone, told bdnews24.com: “Khilkhil Kazi is very busy and cannot speak at the moment. Her brother is admitted to the hospital’s ICU.”
Born in 1899 in Bardhaman’s Churulia village in West Bengal, Nazrul married Pramila Devi in Kolkata at the age of 25.
The couple had four sons, but tragedy followed as their first child, Krishna Mohammad, died at a very young age, while their second son, Arindam Khaled Bulbul, succumbed to illness at the age of four.
Their remaining sons, Kazi Sabyasachi and Kazi Aniruddha, also passed away prematurely.
Babul, the son of Sabyasachi and Uma Kazi, is the youngest of the three siblings. His sisters, Khilkhil, and Mishti Kazi are Bangladeshi citizens.
Meanwhile, Aniruddha’s family, including his wife, live in Kolkata. His wife, Kalyani Kazi, is a writer and musician.
Of their three children, Kazi Anirban passed away on Oct 2, 2024, while visiting Switzerland. Anirban’s brother Kazi Arindam lives in Kolkata, and their sister Anindita Kazi is an expatriate living in New Jersey.
Their father Aniruddha died on Feb 22, 1974, while Nazrul was still alive.