Dhaka, Oct. 8 -- Tofail Ahmed, an academic who served two major reform commissions recently, has died. He was 71.

He chaired the local government commission and was a member of the electoral reforms team.

He passed away around 7:30pm on Wednesday at a hospital in Dhaka, his son-in-law Lt Col Sarwar Jahan confirmed.

Tofail's remains will be taken to Chattogram on Wednesday night and buried on Thursday at the family graveyard in Fatehpur village of Hathazari.

A respected scholar and reformist, Tofail was a member of the Electoral Reform Commission formed by the previous interim government, and had earlier served on the Local Government Commission during the 2006-07 caretaker administration.

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