A legendary Rabindra Sangeet singer Sadi Mohammad passed away on Wednesday evening.
He was 70.
He died around 7:30pm, said renowned dancer Shamim Ara Nipa confirming the news of his death.
His body is currently at Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital.
Primarily, it is heard that he took his own life, said Nipa.
When asked about the reason for his death, Nipa said that he went into trauma ever since his mother died. He was not exactly normal mentally. Perhaps he could not bear the pain of losing his mother. He fasted on Wednesday and had iftar too.
Family sources said that Sadi was practicing in music with his Tanpura in a room of their house this evening. Suddenly, his brother Shibli Mohammad noticed the closed door of the room. Upon breaking open the door, he found the singer's lifeless body hanging from ceiling fan.
On July 8, 2023, his mother Jebunnesha Salim Ullah, 96, died of old age.
Mohammad completed his bachelor's and master's in Rabindra Sangeet from the Visva-Bharati University.
In 2007, Mohammad debuted as a music composer when he released the album Amakey Khujey Pabey Bhorer Shishirey.
He released the albums Srabon Akashey in 2009 and Sharthok Janom Amar in 2012.
Mohammad served as the director of the organization Rabi Raag.
Mohammad had nine siblings including Shameem Mohammad and renowned dancer Shibli Mohammad.
He was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award by Channel i in 2017 and received Rabindra Award by Bangla Academy in 2025.
Their father, Salimullah, was killed during the Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971.
Salimullah Road in the capital’s Mohammadpur, is named after his father.
His death has cast a grim shadow in the country’s cultural sphere.
