Hangman Shahjahan no more

The hangman Shahjahan Bhuiyan, known as Jollad Shahjahan who executed 60 convicts including six 6 killers of Bangabandhu, died at a hospital on Monday. He was 74.

Shahjahan breathed his last at Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital around 5:30 am.

Shahjahan was taken to the hospital around 3:30 am after he complained of chest pain at his Savars Hemayetpur residence.

Firoza, sister of Shahjahan, received the body of the hangman from the hospital.

He will be buried in Isakhali of Palash upazila in Narsingdi district following a namaz-e-janaza. The executioner Shahjahan Bhuiyan walked out of Dhaka Central Jail after serving over three decades in prison on June 18, 2023.

According to the prison authority, Shahjahan, son of Ali Bhuiyan, was born at Ichhakhali village in Palash upazila of Narsingdi on March 26, 1950.    —UNB