Humayun`s janaza held at Nuhash Palli

Dhaka, Jul 24  Humayun Ahmed's third namaz-e-janaza, prayer before burial, took place at Nuhash Palli, his favourite retreat, in Gazipur on Tuesday. He is to be laid to rest there after Zohr prayers. Hundreds of people took part in the funeral prayer of the celebrated writer. The janaza was conducted by Mojibur Rahman, Imam of a local mosque. Earlier on the day, an ambulance started for Nuhash Palli with Humayun's body around 9am from BIRDEM, Dhaka. His second wife Meher Afroz Shaon and her two children, Nishad and Ninit, reached there around 12:05pm with the ambulance. Minutes before Shaon reached there, Humayn's children from his first marriage – Nuhash, Sheela and Nova, and the writer's two brothers Muhammad Zafar Iqbal and Ahsan Habib and their two sisters have reached Nuhash Palli. A Sculptor at Nuhash Palli, Asaduzzaman Khan, had earlier told bdnews24.com they were taking preparations for the burial from morning since Humayun's family members 'decided' his burial site in the wee hours Tuesday. The writer built his favourite retreat and named it after his eldest son, Nuhash. He once wished to lay to rest under a Lychee tree, Khan said. "He will then be buried under this Lychee tree," Khan had said. Humayun's fans started thronging at Nuhash Palli from early morning. Superintendent of Gazipur Police Abdul Baten told journalists, they have taken all preparations so that everything could be done in a disciplined way. Gazipur's Additional Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Habibur Rahman said the district administration has all the preparations to conduct the ritual.