National leader Qamruzzaman's wife passes away

She is also the mother of former mayor of Rajshahi City Corporation and president of Rajshahi city Awami League AHM Khairuzzaman Liton. Citing Liton’s personal secretary Mir Ishtiaque Limon, UNB reported that Jahanara complained of chest pain on Sunday night and died around 12:45am. She had long been suffering from diabetes and old age complications, Limon said. Limon said she will be buried in Rajshahi. Qamruzzaman was brutally killed in captivity inside the Dhaka Central Jail along with Syed Nazrul Islam, AHM Kamruzzaman and Captain Monsur Ali on November 3, 1975. The four leaders led the 1971 Liberation War.