Overview

• Former Bangladesh Army chief was found unresponsive at the Chittagong Club guest house after failing to respond to calls and knocks on Monday morning.
• Club staff broke a balcony glass door to enter his room, where Deputy Commissioner Md. Alamgir Hossain confirmed he was found lying unresponsive on the bed.
• His body was transferred to the Combined Military Hospital Chittagong for a post-mortem amid police and family suspicion of a brain hemorrhage.
• Rashid had travelled to Chattogram on Sunday to appear before a court in a high-profile graft case, which remains pending after his death.
• A decorated Liberation War veteran, he led the Bangladesh Army from 2000 to 2002 and was honoured with the Bir Protik gallantry award.