Politicians from different parties and people from all walks of life paid their final respects to the late Gonoforum president Mostafa Mohsin Montu at the Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka on Monday.
The body of the veteran politician and freedom fighter was kept at the Central Shaheed Minar premises for one hour, starting at 2:00pm.
Representatives of the central committee, including founder of Gonoforum and emeritus president Dr Kamal Hossain, general secretary Mohammad Mizanur Rahman, and presidium member Subrata Chowdhury, placed wreaths on the body.
Following them, a Bangladesh Nationalist Party delegation, led by Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and others, also paid their respects by placing wreaths.
Various political and social groups participated in the farewell, including a delegation led by Zonayed Saki, chief coordinator of Ganosamhati Andolan, Bangladesh Jasod led by Sharif Nurul Ambia, the Communist Party led by Ruhin Hossain Prince, Socialist Party Bangladesh led by Bazlur Rashid Firoz, Amar Bangladesh Party led by its chairman Mojibur Rahman Monju and Rastra Sanskar Andolan led by central leader Didarul Alam Bhuiyan, among others.
On behalf of the Dhaka district deputy commissioner, a police contingent led by senior assistant executive secretary Mohammad Refatul Islam provided a guard of honour as a mark of respect for the freedom fighter at the Shaheed Minar premises.
In the morning, his body was taken from his village home in Keraniganj.
From the Shaheed Minar, the body was transported to Dhaka University central mosque, and later taken to Banani Graveyard, where he was buried.
Mostafa Mohsin Montu passed away Sunday afternoon in a city hospital, suffering from lung diseases. He was 80.
He is survived by his wife, four daughters, and one son.
