Dhaka Bureau: Sirajul Alam Khan, the mysterious man of Bangladesh politics and the founder of the secret organization ‘Nucleus,” formed in 1962 with the aim of forming the Bengali ‘national state’ of Bangladesh, has passed away (Inna Lillahi wa Inna Ilaihi Rajiun).
He died on Friday (June 9) around 2.30 p.m. while undergoing treatment at Dhaka Medical College (DMH) Hospital. Sirajul Alam Khan’s personal assistant Russell said this.
Earlier, Sirajul Alam Khan was admitted to Samrita Hospital in Panthpath with a respiratory illness on the night of May 7. He was admitted to DMK Hospital on May 20. When the condition worsened, he was taken to the ICU on life support around 11:30 on Thursday night.
This 82-year-old politician has been suffering from various physical complications, including high blood pressure, for many days.
Incidentally, the ‘nucleus’ formed by Sirajul Alam Khan is also known as ‘Swadan Bangla Biplappi Parishad’. Besides, he was the mastermind behind the formation of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-Jasad and the mass uprising of Sepahi Janata. He was the main initiator of building a nucleus inside the Chhatra League in 1962 with the aim of establishing an independent national state of Bengalis by developing the Bengali nationalist spirit. Then he conducted all activities through this nucleus until the end of the liberation war.
Sirajul Alam Khan played a historic role in shaping public opinion in support of six points. Agartala played a major role in involving the students and workers in the movement demanding the cancellation of the conspiracy case, the release of Bangabandhu, and the popular upheaval of the 1970s. He is known as a “political theoretic personality” at home and abroad. His long political life of 51 years is colorful.
