Shariful Huq, father of chief of Bangladesh Army General Abu Belal Muhammad Shafiul Huq and former mayor of Dhaka North City Corporation Annisul Huq, passed away at a hospital in Dhaka Wednesday morning. He was 96.
He breathed his last at Combined Military Hospital around 11:20am, said Rezaul Karim, assistant director of ISPR.
Shariful Huq was suffering from old age complications for a long, he added.
President Abdul Hamid and prime mister Sheikh Hasina expressed deep shock and sorrow at the death of Shariful Huq.