Dhaka, Jan. 26 -- Former army chief and valiant freedom fighter KM Shafiullah died on Sunday morning at the Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka. He was 91.

Shafiullah breathed his last at 8:45am at the hospital, said Rashadul Alam Khan, assistant director at Inter Services Public Relation (ISPR) Directorate.

The former army chief, also commander of sector 3 during the Liberation War, was admitted to CMH on January 2 with various health complications.

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His first Namaj-e-Janaza was held at Rupganj after Zuhr prayers.

He will be buried at Military Graveyard at Banani following his second Namaz-e-Janaza at Dhaka Cantonment.

KM Saifullah was born on September 2 in 1934, in Rupganj of Narayanganj.

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