Bir Pratik Kakon Bibi passes away

Heroic indigenous freedom fighter Bir Pratik Noorjahan Kakon Bibi, who fought against the Pakistani forces during Bangladesh’s Liberation War of 1971, has passed away due to old age complications.

She breathed her last at Sylhet Osmani Medical College Hospital (SOMC) on Wednesday night at 11.05pm. 

She had been undergoing treatment for pneumonia at the hospital since March 19, said Brig Gen Mahbubul Haque, Director of the SOMC.

Kakon Bibi was a secret agent and directly fought the Pakistani occupation army during the Liberation War. At the time, she was arrested and brutally tortured by the occupation army.

She, later, took training on operating arms and joined freedom fighter Rahmat Ali. She fearlessly fought the war at multiple locations across the northeastern district.

Kakon Bibi took bullets while fighting at Tengratila in Sylhet in November. The injury marks are still visible on her knee.

Bangladesh government honoured her with Bir Pratik, the fourth highest gallantry award in Bangladesh, in 1996.