Masuka Begum (Nipu), a teacher at Milestone School and College who died from severe burn injuries following Monday's aircraft crash in Dhaka's Uttara, was laid to rest in Brahmanbaria's Ashuganj on Tuesday in as per her last wish.
Her namaz-e-janaza was held at Sohagpur Eidgah ground after Asr prayers. She was buried at the village's main graveyard, near her elder sister's home.
When Masuka's charred body arrived at her sister's home for the final time on Tuesday afternoon, her father Siddique Ahmed Chowdhury broke down in tears.
Masuka, who taught English at the school's English version primary section, was in class during the crash incident and sustained burns on 85 per cent of her body.
She was taken to the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery, where she died later that night around 12:30 am.
According to her relatives, school had just ended when the crash occurred. Masuka was inside the classroom with students when the aircraft struck the building. As she attempted to evacuate the students, the fire spread, and she suffered severe burns while trying to save them.
Her body was received by her sister Papri Rahman and brother-in-law, businessman Khalilur Rahman. Before her death, Masuka reportedly expressed to a fellow teacher that she wished to be buried in Sohagpur. Her family honored that request.
Masuka was the youngest of three siblings. After losing her mother years ago, she was raised with affection by her elder sister in Ashuganj.
Her death cast a shadow of grief over both her native village and her sister's home in Sohagpur.
