Security beefed up in city

Security has been beefed up in the city to avert any untoward situation following the death of war crimes convict Prof Ghulam Azam. Members of police and Rapid Action Battalion have been deployed in key points of Dhaka and additional law enforcers were seen patrolling different city streets. Meanwhile, the Namaj-e-janaza of Ghulam Azam, will be held today (Saturday). His son Abdullahil Amaan Azmi on Friday told reporters that he would conduct the funeral prayers. Ghulam Azam will be buried at his family graveyard in Moghbazar in Dhaka. The 92-year old died on Thursday at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) Hospital. He was serving a 90-year prison sentence handed down last year by the International Crimes Tribunal-1 for crimes against humanity committed during Bangladesh’s independence struggles in 1971, according to a news agency.