Sirajganj beggar dies, leaves behind 3 bags of money

Saleha Begum, popularly known as “Saleha Pagli”, a long-time beggar from Sirajganj, passed away Friday night while undergoing treatment at Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital in Bogura.

The wife of the late Abdus Salam from Masumpur Colony, Saleha, had been staying in a local residence due to illness. On 9 October, locals discovered two bags of money in an abandoned government quarter, and a third bag was found at the same location on 11 October. The total amount recovered was approximately Tk174,080.

Locals said Saleha had begged for 40 years but lived extremely frugally, saving nearly all her earnings.