People have paid last respects to Dhaka University music department professor Mridul Kanti Chakrabarty, who died on Monday at a city hospital, at the Central Shaheed Minar.
His student Sudip Chakrabarty told the news agency that his body was taken to the Shaheed Minar around 10:00am on Tuesday.
Family members left the Shaheed Minar around 11:00am for cremation at his village in Sunamganj.
The body would be kept at the Sylhet Shaheed Minar for people to pay their tribute to him.
His death at the LabAid Specialised Hospital has sparked controversy as his colleagues and family complained that he died because of the negligence of the hospital authorities. He had been suffering from dehydration due to diarrhoea. The hospital authorities allegedly did not take emergency measures to treat him after his arrival at the hospital.
Dhaka University vice-chancellor AAMS Arefin Siddique has demanded investigation into an allegation that the hospital neglected in treating Chakrabarty, founder of dramatics and music department, leading to his death at 57.
The hospital authorities, however, denied the allegation of negligence.
Awami League advisory council member Suranjit Sengupta, VC Siddique, Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal president Hasanul Haque Inu, Shilpakala Academy director general Kamal Lohani, University Grant Commission chairman AK Azad Chowdhury and many other cultural personalities paid their respects to Chakrabarty at the Shaheed Minar.
Source : New Age
