Dhaka: Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel on Thursday asked his ministry’s joint secretary Sheikh Mizanur Rahman to collect necessary information over the suicide of freedom fighter Ayub Khan.  

The minister gave the directive on Thursday and asked the joint secretary to submit a report on the incident within three working days, information officer of the ministry Sufi Abdullah Hil Maruf told UNB.  

Ayub Khan, 62, a former commander of Satkania upazila Muktojoddha Sangshad of Chittagong, took poison inside ‘Hotel Karnaphuli’ at Topkhana Road in Dhaka city at about 10:00am on 7 July.  

The incident came in the limelight as the hotel manager informed Shahbagh police that he was not responding to their staff call.

Then a team of Shahbagh police, led by SI Abdullah Al Mamun, went to the hotel and found him alive after breaking open the door.

He was rushed to the Dhaka Medical College Hospital where he died at about 10:55am on the day.

A suicide note was recovered from the deceased’s possession.