, Feb. 22 -- A local leader of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) Alauddin Patwari attended his father's funeral in Rajbari on Saturday night after being granted temporary parole.

The JCD leader joined the funeral at Eidgah ground near his family home at Nimtala village of Sadar upazila around 7:30 pm, with a rope tied around his waist.

Alauddin, 28, the son of Shukur Patwari from Nimtala, organisational secretary of Sadar upazila unit Chhatra Dal, has been in Rajbari District Jail for the past two and a half months in connection with an arms case.

Alauddin's father passed away on Saturday afternoon.

After hearing the news, Alauddin expressed his wish to attend the funeral.

The JCD leader's family then filed a petition to the Rajbari Dep...