Sherpur, Feb. 4 -- Mohammad Nuruzzaman Badal, Jamaat-e-Islami's MP candidate from Sherpur-3 constituency and the party's district secretary, passed away early Wednesday.

He breathed his last at around 1:30am while undergoing treatment for kidney complications at Swadesh Hospital in Mymensingh, said Sherpur district Jamaat Ameer Maulana Md Hafizur Rahman.

He said Nuruzzaman Badal had been suffering from kidney-related complications for a long time.

According to him, Badal fell ill at around 10:00pm on Tuesday on the night of Shab-e-Barat and was first taken to Sreebardi Upazila Hospital.

As his condition worsened, he was moved to Mymensingh for advanced treatment, where he later died at Swadesh Hospital.

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