Former army chief and valiant freedom fighter KM Shafiullah died on Sunday morning at the Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka. He was 91.
Shafiullah breathed his last at 8:45am at the hospital, said Rashadul Alam Khan, assistant director at Inter Services Public Relation (ISPR) Directorate, UNB reports.
The former army chief, also commander of sector 3 during the Liberation War, was admitted to CMH on January 2 with various health complications.
His first Namaj-e-Janaza was held at Rupganj after Zuhr prayers.
He will be buried at Military Graveyard at Banani following his second Namaz-e-Janaza at Dhaka Cantonment.
KM Saifullah was born on September 2 in 1934, in Rupganj of Narayanganj.
He served as the chief of army staff from 1972 to 1975 and served as ambassador in Malaysia, Canada, Sweden, and the UK.
He led the S-Force and earned ‘Bir Uttam’ title for his valiant role in the Liberation War.
