Former finance minister M Saifur Rahman dies in B'baria road crash (ইন্নেইলাহি…..রাজিউন)
M Saifur Rahman, former finance minister and veteran BNP leader, died at Brahmanbaria Sadar Hospital following a road accident on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway on Saturday (5 September 09).
Rahman, aged 77, was critically injured after his car crashed at Ghoriala just after 3pm, his personal assistant Shamsul Haque told bdnews24.com.
He was rushed to the Sadar Hospital, where he was declared dead at around 3.30pm, doctors told.
Local Awami League MP Lutful Hai Sachchu told bdnews24.com that the car carrying Rahman crashed trying to avoid a cow. “The car went five to six feet under water.”
“Saifur Rahman was wearing a seat belt. It took 10-12 minutes to get him out of the water by breaking the door of the car and cutting the seat belt,” said Sachchu.
Rahman, who was Bangladesh’s longest-serving finance minister, was on his way to Dhaka from his district town Moulavi Bazar.
সাবেক অর্থমন্ত্রী সাইফুর রহমান সিলেট থেকে ঢাকা ফেরার পথে ব্রাক্ষ্মনবাড়িয়ার হইরালা নামক স্থানে এক সড়ক দুর্ঘটনায় ইন্তেকাল করেরেছন। (ইন্নেইলাহি…..রাজিউন)। গাড়ির নিয়ন্ত্রণ হারিয়ে খাদে পড়ে গেলে এ দুর্ঘটনা ঘটে।
