The body of the deposed military dictator was taken to his village home ‘Palli Nibas’ instead of the capital after the Namaz-e-Janaza in Rangpur town’s Collectorate Eidgah field on Tuesday afternoon. He was later buried beside his father’s grave in the lychee orchard.
“Raushon Ershad has given consent to bury Hussain Muhammad Ershad in Rangpur to respect the love of the people of Rangpur. She has also requested to be laid to rest in a grave next to Ershad’s,” the party said in a statement.
Ershad, who had been on life support for the last 10 days, breathed his last at the Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka around 7:45am on Sunday. He has been suffering from myelodysplastic syndrome or a low-level of haemoglobin in his blood for long.
But Rangpur natives demanded that Ershad be laid to rest in his hometown, having already dug a grave in his village home 'Palli Nibas'.
A military helicopter carrying the coffin of Ershad landed at the Rangpur Cantonment around 11:45am on Tuesday, Jatiya Party Presidium Member ATU Taj Rahman told bdnews24.com.