Two elderly devotees, who came to attend the first phase of Biswa Ijtema starting on Friday, died at the Bishwa Ijtema venue in Tongi, Gazipur on Thursday morning.
The deceased are Nurul Haque, 63, son of Fazlul Haque of Hemubatpara area of Jayantapur thana of Sylhet district, and Abu Taleb alias Abu Toiyob, 90, a resident of Vurulia area of Gazipur city.
Tongi Bishwa Ijtema Organizing Committee Member Engineer Abdun Noor confirmed the matter, saying that Abu Taleb, Shurah member of Gazipur Markaz of Tabligh Jamaat passed away due to old-age complications around 10 am while Nurul Haque died of respiratory complications around 11 am.
Later, the two bodies were handed over to their relatives after holding their 'Namaz-e-Janaza' at Ijtema Maidan.
