Valiant Freedom Fighter and former Inspector General of police Mohammad Nurul Anwar passed away on early Sunday. He was 73.
Family sources said he had been suffering from gallbladder cancer for last six months.
He left behind his wife, a son, a daughter and a host of relatives, friends and well-wishers to mourn his death.
Minister for Liberation War Affairs AKM MozammelHaque, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, State Minister for Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak and Inspector General of Police (IGP) Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun expressed deep sorrow at the death of Nurul Anwar.
Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has extended condolences to the bereaved family and seeks forgiveness for the departed soul.
According to BTRC sources, the funeral procession will conclude at the family cemetery in Sitakunda, Chittagong, following the last rites at Razarbagh Police Lines.
He was born in in Bardwakunda under SitakundaUpazila of Chattogram on December 31, 1950. Mohammad Nurul Anwar's father was a senior official in the Bangladesh Railway.
He was deeply influenced by Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's ideals and actively took part in Bangabandhu's politics, participating directly in the Liberation War of 1971, reads a press release.
Joining the Bangladesh Civil Service (Police) cadre in 1973 as an Assistant Police Superintendent, Mohammad Nurul Anwar served as the final Superintendent of Gopalganj District.
Throughout his career, he held positions as the Superintendent of Police in Chuadanga, Kishoreganj, Brahmanbaria, and Rangamati, and served as the first Deputy Commissioner of Police in Dhaka Metropolitan Police's Northern Division.
In 1990, while serving as the Police Superintendent in Kishoreganj, he led the crackdown on a notorious militant hideout in Pakundia, marking Bangladesh's first operation against extremist militants.