[Bangla Daily Star] Another member of Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) died yesterday, raising the death toll of BDR jawans to 40 since the February mutiny.Nayek Subedar Mujibur Rahman, 54, passed away at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Hospital (BSMMU) in the city yesterday.
A BDR press release stated that Mujibur of 30 Rifles Battalion at Panchhari, who hailed from Ugli village under Chandpur Sadar, had been suffering from liver cirrhosis and cancer.
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Mujibur was admitted to Chittagong Medical College Hospital on July 1 and later taken to the BDR Hospital on July 15. He was shifted to BSMMU on August 4. His body has been sent to his village home where he will be buried.
The BDR members lost their lives, from health complications including cardiac arrests since the February mutiny. Many also committed suicide.