CHATTOGRAM, Dec 22, 2021 (BSS) - People of all walks of life in Chattogram 
paid homage to the body of eminent writer, freedom fighter, Shahid Jaya Begum 
Mushtari Shafi with flowers.  

   The body was brought to the Central Shaheed Minar premises in Chattogram 
on Wednesday morning.  

   A police team led by Additional Deputy Commissioner ASM Jamshed Khandaker 
gave a guard of honor to Begum Mushtari Shafi, a soldier of Swadhin Bangla 
Betar Kendra. Additional Deputy Commissioner (South) Aminul Islam and 
Mushtari Shafi's son-in-law Lt Colonel (Retd) Nazrul Islam, MP were present 
at the time.  

   At the end of the guard of honor, Mushtari Shafi's daughter Sharmin Shafi 
administered the oath.

  Ekushey Medal winning poet and journalist Abul Momen, Vice Chancellor of 
Chattogram University Dr Shirin Akter and its Pro-Vice-Chancellor Professor 
Benu Kumar Dey, Bir Muktijoddha Balagat Ullah, City Awami League General 
Secretary AJM Nasir Uddin, CPB, Chattogram District General Secretary Ashok 
Saha, Udichi Chattogram Vice-President Dr Chandan Das, Begum Mushtari Shafi's 
son Mehraj Tahsan Shafi, heroic freedom fighter Dr Mahfuzur Rahman, President 
of Ghatak-Dalal Nirmul Committee Chattogram Delwar Majumder, Poet and 
Journalists Kamrul Hasan Badal and Omar Kaiser, General Secretary of South 
District Awami League Mofizur Rahman, General Secretary of District 
Shilpakala Academy Saiful Alam Babu, President of Proma Avritti Sangsad 
Rashed Hasan, Regional Director of Bangladesh Betar Chattogram Center SM 
Mostafa Sarwar, Hindu Buddhist Christian Oikyo Parishad Shyamal Kumar Palit, 
President of Bodhan Avrtti Sangsad Abdul Halim Dobhas, among others,addressed 
it. 

  Mehraj Tahsan Shafi, son of Shahid Jaya, said, "My mother did not fight for 
the liberation war or for any medal. She fought for the country. My father Dr 
Shafi was not only a martyr of the liberation war, he was also an 
intellectual.   

  He was later buried at Chaitanyagali Baish Mahalla graveyard this evening.    

   Shahid Jaya Mushtari Shafi, a well-known writer, freedom fighter, woman 
leader and president of Udichi Chattogram, died at the Combined Military 
Hospital in Dhaka around 4 pm on Monday. She had been suffering from 
respiratory disease for a long time. She left two sons, four daughters and 
numerous relatives and admirers to mourn her death. Bangla Academy awarded 
her a 'Fellowship' in 2016 for her outstanding role during liberation war in 
Bangladesh. She also received the state award 'Rokeya Padak' in 2020.