MoCAT, InterContinental Hotel honour freedom fighters

Dhaka: The Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism along with Hotel InterContinental honoured the freedom fighters of Crack Platoon who took part in the famous Operation Hit and Run conducted at the Hotel during the Liberation War of 1971.

Members of the Crack Platoon Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya (Bir Bikram), Habibul Alam (Bir Pratik), Ali Ahmed Ziauddin (Bir Pratik), Abdus Samad (Bir Pratik), Shahid Abu Bakar (Bir Bikram), Munir Alam Mirza Badal, and two martyred employees of Hotel InterContinental Khwaha Nazimuddin (Bir Uttam) and Shaheed Osman were honoured during the ceremony held at the Hotel on November 27, said a press release.

A seminar on Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the significance of Hotel InterContinental during the Liberation War of 1971 was jointly organised by the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism, Bangaldesh Services Ltd and InterContinental Dhaka.

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan was the Chief Guest while State Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism Mahbub Ali presided over the seminar.

Awami League Presidium Member Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya, RAM Obaidul Muktadir Chowdhury, Secretary of MoCAT Md Mokammel Hossain, members of Crack Platoon Habibul Alam and Ali Ahmed Ziauddin, Barrister Moin Gani were also present on the occasion.