Dhaka: Former Rangpur City Corporation Mayor Sharfuddin Ahmed Jhantu died at a Dhaka hospital on Sunday evening 26 days after he was admitted following a cerebral haemorrhage.

He was 66.

He died at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Hospital at 3:30pm, said his son Reaz Ahmed Himon.

Jhantu, also an advisor of Rangpur Awami League, was elected the first mayor of the Rangpur City Corporation on December 20, 2012.