Ghulam Azam\\\'s body arrives at Baitul Mukarram Mosque

The body of Ghulam Azam was taken to Baitul Mukarram National Mosque in the city’s Paltan area from his Moghbazar home on Saturday afternoon. The Namaj-e-Janaza of the former Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer will be held at Baitul Mukarram mosque after Zohr prayers. Ghulam’s Azam’s mortal remains was taken to Baitul Mukarram in a corpse carrying vehicle. A convoy of vehicles, led by Azam’s corps carrying vehicle, arrived at the National Mosque around 1pm. Azam’s son Abdullahil Aman Azmi, a former military officer, said he will lead his father’s Namaj-e-janaza (funeral prayers) at the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque after the Zohr prayers. Later he will be buried at his family graveyard at Moghbazar. Azam, 92, died on Thursday night at the age of 92. He was serving a 90 year prison sentence awarded to him for wartime offences during Bangladesh's independence struggles in 1971, according to private TV channels.