Sylhet lawyer, cultural and sport organiser Supriyo Chakravarty dies in Dhaka

Cultural and sport organiser and eminent lawyer Supriyo Chakravarty Ronju has died. He was 75.

He breathed his last on Monday at the BIRDEM Hospital in Dhaka where he was on life support for some days after suffering from brain haemorrhage induced by a stroke for last two weeks.

Doctors declared him dead at 7:40pm, his wife Sultana Kamal, a former adviser to a caretaker government and rights activist, told bdnews24.com.

He was hospitalised on July 14 and put under intensive care on July 21.

Born on Dec 25, 1944, he had donated his eyes to Sandhani and all other mortal remains to Kumudini Hospital at Tangail's Mirzapur to facilitate research.

Supriyo and Sultana have a daughter, Dia Chakravarty who is Brexit Editor at The Telegraph.

Hailing from Sylhet City’s Lamabazar, Supriyo was a former president of the district’s association of tax lawyers.

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen, who also hails from Sylhet, and Mayor Ariful Haque Chowdhury have sent their condolences at the demise of Supriyo, who is held in huge respect for his organisational activities in culture and sports in the city.

He was the president of Sylhet Sammilita Natyo Parishad and worked as a vice-president of Rabindra Sangeet Sammilon Parishad and chairman of Sylhet Cricket Development Committee.

He also taught at a private university.