Farooqi laid to rest

Maulana Nurul Islam Farooqi, a ‘Channel i’ programme presenter was laid to eternal rest at his ancestral home in Nautari Nawabganj village under Boda Upazila in Panchagarh district this (Saturday) afternoon. Maulana Farooqi, who was brutally killed by some miscreants at his East Rajabazar residence in Dhaka city on Wednesday evening, was buried besides his parents at a graveyard following his fifth Namaz-e-janaza at Nautari Nawabganj Primary School ground in Boroshashi union around 11.00am. The first Janaza of Maulana Farooqi, a Khatib of the Supreme Court Jame Masque and a leader of Bangladesh Islami Front, was held at the National Eidgah in the city after Juma’a prayers on Friday. Advocate Nurul Islam Sujon, MP of Panchagarh-2 constituency, among others, attended the Janaza. Farooqi was presenter of a documentary titled ‘Kafela’, based on visits to historic sites of Islam, on Channel i television channel, according to a news agency.