Ex-AL lawmaker Gazi MM Amzad Hossen Milon passes away

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DHAKA, April 18, 2021 (BSS) – Former Lawmaker of Sirajganj-3 and Tarash Upazila Awami League(AL) President valiant freedom fighter Gazi MM Amzad Hossen Milon died while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Sirajganj this morning.

He was 72.

Gazi MM Amzad Hossen Milon breathed his last at around 11:30am at Enayetpur Khaja Yonus Ali Medical Hospital in Sirajganj, said Tarash upazila Chatra League former president Anis Prodhan.

He left behind wife, two sons, two daughters and a host of relatives and well wishers to mourn his death.

Valiant freedom fighter Amzad was born at village Magurabinod adjacent to Chalanbeel area under Tarash upazila on November 11 in 1949. His Father was poet MM Abdur Rahman Binodi and Mother Asiran Neesa.

He became Tarash Upazila Chatra League general secretary in 1969 and participated in the Liberation War in 1971.

After receiving training from Panighata camp in India, Gazi Amzad joined at Palashdanga Jubo Camp and became deputy commander in chief of the camp comprising 600 freedom fighters.

As an executive council member of the Awami League, Amzad also was commander of Tarash Upazila command for three times.