Former army chief Mustafiz dies
August 3, 2008
Former army chief Mustafizur Rahman died from cancer in hospital on Sunday at the age of 67, his daughter said. Dr Shahnaz, daughter of Mustafiz, told bdnews24.com that her father had been suffering from pancreatic cancer and heart diseases.
He died at 5:30am at the Dhaka Combined Military Hospital. Mustafiz is survived by his wife and three daughters. He will be buried in Banani.
A namaz-e-janaza for Mustafiz will be held at 11:00am at the Central Mosque in the Dhaka cantonment. The former army chief was one of the accused in a graft case involving the purchase of MiG-29 warplanes during Sheikh Hasina’s premiership. He was arrested at Apollo Hospital on May 25.
The High Court granted him bail on May 28 and he was exempted from court appearance to allow him to seek medical treatment in India. Mustafiz, born on January 20, 1941, had served as army chief from December 24, 1997 to December 23, 2000.
The Awami League government appointed Lt Gen Mustafiz, an uncle of Sheikh Hasina, as army chief in 1997, just days before his scheduled retirement from the army. He was later controversially promoted to the rank of general from lieutenant general, during the AL regime, on the day he eventually retired from the service in December 2000.
Source: bdnews24
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