The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

The poet Samudra Gupta was buried at the Mirpur Martyred Intellectuals' Graveyard yesterday.

Earlier his body was brought home from India on Monday and kept at the BIRDEM mortuary.

Samudra (Abdul Mannan) died in a hospital in Bangalore in India Saturday at the age of 62. The poet, ill with gallbladder problems, was taken to India on July 3 for better medical treatment.

The body of the poet was kept at his Kalabagan home for some time and later taken to the BIRDEM mortuary.

The body was brought to Aziz Super Market at 10:30am Tuesday and later taken to the Central Shaheed Minar for people to pay respects.

Another namaz-e-janaza of Samudra Gupta was held at the central mosque of Dhaka University.

Swapna Samudra, his younger daughter, said, "A minor surgery had been carried out at Square Hospital to remove a blockage from his gallbladder."

He had been taken to Narayana Hrudayalya Hospital in India, as his condition did not improve.

Samudra was born in Hasil village under Raiganj in Sirajganj on June 23, 1946. He wrote poetry, stories, critiques, essays and columns starting in mid-1960s.

His books include Rodh Jhalshano Mukh, Swapnamangol Kabya, Ekhono Utthan Achhe and Chokhe Choch Rekhe.