Shahjahan MP passes away

FE Team | Published: January 21, 2014 00:00:00 | Updated: November 30, 2026 06:01:00

President Md Abdul Hamid attended the namaj-e-janaza of lawmaker and freedom fighter Shawkat Momen Shahjahan (inset) on the Jatiya Sangsad premises Monday. — Focus Bangla

TANGAIL, Jan 20 (UNB): Awami League MP from Tangail-8 constituency Shawkat Momen Shahjahan died at Sakhipur Upazila Health Complex early Monday. He was 64.
Shawkat Momen, also an agronomist and former president of the parliamentary committee on agricultural affairs, was declared dead at the health complex after he had been taken there around 5:45am, said Mokhlesur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Sakhipur Police Station.
Sources at the health complex said Shawkat had died of cardiac arrest before he was taken there.
Shawkat is survived by one son, one daughter and a host of relatives and well-wishers to mourn his death.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has expressed deep shock at the death of Shawkat and conveyed her deep sympathy to the bereaved family members.