Four more devotees died at the Bishwa Ijtema venue on Saturday night, taking the death toll to 19.
The deceased have been identified as Md Sanowar, of Gaibandha’s Pangsha upazila, Md Alam, son of Abdul Jalil of Chittagong’s Anowara upazila, Md Shahnewaz Bhuiyah, son of Nurul Huq of Narsingdi and Al Mahmud, son of late Osman Goni of Sirajganj.
With the four, a total of 19 people including a policeman died till Sunday morning during the first phase of Ijtema.
Habibullah Raihan, coordinator of Bishwa Ijtema media cell and Dr Jahangir Alam, supervisor of Tongi Shaheed Ahsanullah Master General Hospital confirmed the deaths.
The first phase of 57th Bishwa Ijtema, the second largest global Muslim gathering, ended on Sunday with continued spiritual activities, including the recitation of Allah’s divine names and sermons.