Katiadi (Kishoreganj) Correspondent:

The funeral of Shaheed Jahangir Alam, an army member from Pakundia Upazila of Kishoreganj district, who was killed in a drone attack by terrorists in the UN peacekeeping mission in the Abyei area of ​​Sudan, was buried with military honors at the family graveyard.

The first funeral of Shaheed Jahangir Alam was held at the Dhaka Cantonment Central Mosque on Sunday (December 21) morning. After the funeral, his body was sent to the Pakundia Government High School grounds by helicopter. From there, the body was taken to Tarakandi village of Jangalia Union by ambulance. After the second funeral in the village, he was buried at the family graveyard with proper military honors.

When the martyr's body reached his native village Tarakandi by military helicopter, a heartbreaking image descended there. The entire village is in mourning.

Waiting at the deceased's house are his three-year-old son Irfan, wife Rubaiya Akhtar, elderly mother Palimah Begum and father Hazrat Ali. Irfan lost his father forever before he could understand what a father's love was.
Relatives, neighbors and villagers are rushing to the martyr's house one by one.

Jahangir Alam is the son of Hazrat Ali of Akand Bari of Tarakandi village of Jangalia union of Pakundia upazila of Kishoreganj. He was working as a mess waiter in the Bangladesh Army. He had been serving in the Bangladesh Army faithfully for more than 11 years.

According to the ISPR, six peacekeepers of the Bangladesh Army were martyred in a drone attack by terrorists on a base of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Abyei area of ​​Sudan on December 13. Earlier, he went to Sudan on November 7 to serve in the United Nations peacekeeping mission.

The bodies of the martyred peacekeepers arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Saturday (December 20) on an Emirates Airlines flight. Bangladesh Army Chief of General Staff Lieutenant General Mizanur Rahman Shamim received the bodies there.

Family sources said that Jahangir Alam was the eldest of three brothers. His elder brother Md. Mustafa is working abroad and his younger brother Md. Shahin Mia is involved in agriculture. He was serving in the peacekeeping mission hoping to ensure the future of his family, leaving behind his wife and three-year-old only child. Jahangir Alam joined the ranks of martyrs on foreign soil while performing his peacekeeping duties.

It is worth noting that six peacekeepers were martyred in that attack and nine others were injured. The injured are being treated at the Aga Khan University Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya, but they are said to be out of danger so far.