Ekushey Medal awardee language movement veteran and heroic freedom fighter (FF) and scout personality Alhaj Mohammad Majibor Rahman Master is no more. Family sources said he died at nine o'clock this morning while undergoing treatment at a private clinic in Rangpur city. He was 87. Rahman had been suffering from various old age ailments for a long time. He is survived by two sons, a daughter and host of relatives, admirers and fellow heroic freedom fighters and well-wishers. Rahman was born on September 1, 1937 in Khiyarpara village of Badarganj upazila in Rangpur. He joined a movement for language in 1948 when he was in eighth grade. In 1952, an arrest warrant was issued against him as he was involved in the movement when he was a student of class 10. Rahman was an assistant teacher of Shyampur High School in Rangpur Sadar upazila when he joined the war of liberation in 1971. He was one of the organizers of the Rangpur Cantonment siege movement on March 28, 1971. His Namaj-E-Janaza will be held at his birthplace village of Khiyarpara after the Esha prayers before his burial at their family graveyard tonight. Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha
