People from all walks of life on Tuesday bade farewell to veteran politician Pankaj Bhattacharya at the Central Shaheed Minar.

The remains of the Oikya NAP president and one of the organisers of the Liberation War, who died early on Monday, was brought there from the morgue of Samorita Hospital in the afternoon.

Following the last tribute of people from all social strata, additional deputy commissioner, Hedayatul Islam, gave a guard of honour to Pankaj Bhattacharya on behalf of Dhaka district administration.

Later, his body was taken to Postagola Mahashashan in the capital where he was cremated in the evening.