& çâÌæÚUæð´ ·¤è ¥ôÚU Îð¹Ùæ ÁæÚUè ÚU¹ð´ ¥ÍæüÌ ¥ÂÙð ÜÿØ ÂÚU ŠØæÙ ÚU¹ð´Ð ãæÚU Ù ×æÙð´, €UØô´ç·¤ ·¤æ× ·¤ÚUÙð âð ¥æÂ·¤ô ©gðàØ ·¤è Âýæç# ãôÌè ãñ ¥õÚU ÁèßÙ ·¤æ ¹æÜèÂÙ ÎêÚU ãôÌæ ãñÐ ÖÜð ãè ÁèßÙ ×ð´ ç·¤ÌÙè Öè ·¤çÆÙæ§ü €UØô´ Ù ¥æ°, çÁ™ææâæ ¥õÚU ©ˆâæã ÕÙæ° ÚU¹ð´Ð ŠØæÙ ÚU¹ð´, ÜÿØ ã×ðàææ ¥æÂ·Ô¤ Âæâ ãôÌð ãñ´ çÁ‹ãð´ ÂæÙð ·Ô¤ çÜ° ÂýØæâ ¥æÂ ·¤Öè Öè àæéM¤ ·¤ÚU â·¤Ìð ãñ´Ð

Humayun Azad's family asks DU to bury him beside Nazrul

DU Correspondent
The family of Dhaka University (DU) professor and eminent writer Humayun Azad yesterday demanded of the university authorities to bury Azad on the premises of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam's grave.
They sent letters to the DU Vicechancellor Prof SMA Faiz, Dhaka University Teachers' Association (DUTA) President Prof AAMS Arefin Siddique and Chairman of Bangla Department Prof SM Lutfar Rahman stating the demand.
"We have made the demand to bury Prof Azad on Nazrul's grave premises so that the future generations of the university can remember him," Azad's wife Latifa Kohinoor told reporters at a press
FROM PAGE 1
conference at their Fuller Road house. "I think Prof Azad should be buried on Nazrul Islam's grave premises since he was an intellectual," she added.
Asked about donation of Azad's body to Bangladesh Medical College Hospital, Kohinoor said no concrete words were given to the hospital authorities either by the family or Azad himself. "The last wish of the family is to bury Azad beside the national poet," she added.
"We are also asking for immediate implementation of our demands," Kohinoor said.
The family also wrote to the foreign ministry urging it to initiate the process of bringing back Azad's body from Germany. "We have also mentioned in the letter about handing over all the post-mortem reports to me," the wife said.
They also sought security from the home ministry for bringing the body from the airport to the house.
Manjur Kabir, Azad's younger brother, said the death of his brother would remain a mystery to the family. "We would not believe Prof Azad died a natural death," the brother said in an emotion-choked voice.
Students of Bangla Department of the university yesterday, meanwhile, took out a silent procession on the campus to mourn the death of Azad. They submitted a memorandum to the vice chancellor demanding immediate implementation of their 11-point
demand.
Their demands include initiating an international probe into the death, providing full security to the family, letting Azad's children stay at the university residence till the end of their study and providing financial assistance from the university if need be, burying Azad according to the family's wish, setting up Humayun Azad chair and offering scholarship at the university to evaluate the work of late linguist.
The students also demanded naming the Dhaka University Central Library or the Arts Building after Azad, taking proper initiatives to root out extremists on the campus, ensuring security of the teachers having received death threats and families of teachers, students, officials and employees.
Azad went to Munich last week on a PEN fellowship to conduct research on German romantic poet Heinrich Heine. He died of heart attack at his apartment in Munich last Thursday between 4:00am and 6:00am (German Time), according to German doctors.
Prof Faiz told The Daily Star they have called an emergency meeting of the syndicate for today to discuss the demands of Azad' family. Asked if the body would be buried in Nazrul's grave premises, the VC said the syndicate, the highest decision-making body of the university, would make the final decision. He