Bailey Road fire
Journalist Bristi buried in Kushtia
UNB, Kushtia
Published: 13 Mar 2024, 12:09 AM
Journalist Bristi Khatun, a victim of the Bailey Road fire that claimed the lives of 46 people on 29 February, has been buried beside her uncle's grave at the family graveyard in Kushtia.
The ambulance carrying the body of Brishti reached her village home at Banagram Paschimpara of Ward No. 7 of Betbaria Union in Khoksa Upazila at 8:20pm on Monday.
At that time, mourning relatives and villagers flocked to see her body.
Around 10pm, it was announced through the loudspeaker of a local mosque that her namaz-e-janaza would be held in the courtyard of her house. Hundreds of people from the village and nearby villages attended the janaza.
A close relative of Bristi named Rabiul Islam conducted the namaz-e-janaza. After the namaz-e-janaza, Brishti was buried beside the grave of his uncle Mubarak Sheikh in the presence of administrative officials.
Bristi, also known as Ovisruti Shastri to her colleagues at The Report Live, was among the 46 people who lost their lives in the deadly fire on 29 February.
Due to identity complications, the body of journalist Ovisruti Shastri, alias Brishti Khatun, was handed over to her father, Sabuj Sheikh, from the mortuary of the Sheikh Hasina Burn and Plastic Surgery Institute on Monday afternoon, 11 days after the DNA test report of Bristi and her parents came.