MP Haji Salim's wife Gulshan Ara dies

Gulshan Ara Begum, wife of lawmaker Haji Salim, passed away at a hospital in the capital on Sunday night. She was 50.

She died around 11:45pm at Labaid Hospital, Haji Salim's personal secretary Mohiuddin Billal told media on Monday.

Gulshan Ara, the chairman of Medina Group, had been suffering from various diseases including diabetes and kidney problem and undergoing treatment at the hospital since August.

Her namaj-e-janaza will be held at Chawkbazar Jam-e Mosque after Asr prayer.

On October 26, Erfan Salim, a ward councillor and son of Haji Salim, was jailed for one year imprisonment for possessing illegal arms and drugs.  

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