Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra artiste Indramohan Rajbanshi has died of coronavirus.
Indramohan, also a folk singer, breathed his last while undergoing treatment at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) Hospital at 10:20am on Wednesday.
Brig. Gen. Julfiqer Ahmed Amin, Director of BSMMU, confirmed the death to Jago News.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expressed her deep shock at the death of Indramohan.
Indramohan won the Ekushey Padak in 2018. In 1971, he took part in Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra.
In the early 1950s, Rajbongshi learnt music under his grandfather, Krishna Das Rajbongshi. He was involved with Jatra, Palagaan, Nazrul Sangeet and folk songs.
He was admitted to the Bulbul Lalitakala Academy in Nazrul song in the late 1960s and completed the five-year course. In 1963, he started to learn folk songs under Hafizur Rahman. He joined the Government College of Music in 1974.