4 more devotees die at Ijtema venue

Four more devotees died at the Biswa Ijtema venue on Saturday night, taking the death toll to 19.

The deceased were identified as Md Sanowar, of Rajbari’s Pangsha upazila, Md Alam, of Chattogram’s Anowara upazila, Md Shahnewaz Bhuiyan, of Narsingdi and Al Mahmud, of Sirajganj.

Habibullah Raihan, Media Coordinator of the Biswa Ijtema organizing committee, confirmed the matter to Jago News on Sunday morning.

The first phase of the three-day 57th Bishwa Ijtema, the second largest congregation of the Muslims, concluded on Sunday morning as thousands of devotees prayed for peace, progress and welfare of the country as well as the Muslim Ummah. 

The second phase of Biswa Ijtema will begin on Friday next (February 9) with a break of four days. It will end on February 9 with the Akheri Munajat.