FROM IJTEMA GROUND: Final day of the second phase of Biswa Injtema, second largest religious congregation for Muslims around the globe, is set to end through offering Akheri Munajat or final prayer on Sunday.

Sources from the Ijtema ground said that pilgrims of the 49th grand gathering are offering Akheri Munajat at 09:58am.

Thousands of people from around the country joined the Ijtema and still people are thronging Tongi to join the Ijtema.

Indian Maulana Zobayerul Hasan will lead the Munajat.

This year some 40,000 foreigners from around 155 countries joined the Ijtema.

Tongi Thana Officer-in-Charge Ismail Hossain told banglanews, “Some 12,000 law enforcers were deployed in the Ijtema ground to ensure security of the pilgrims.”

Besides, charitable dispensaries were opened in the Ijtema ground area to ensure medication of the devotees.

Nine devotees died in last 2-day

Nine devotees died due to cold related diseases and road accidents in Tongi Biswa Ijtema at Gazipur between Thursday night and Saturday night.

Of them, eight of the deceased were identified as Hedayet Ullah, 70 and Nure Alam, 65, hailed from Noakhali Sadar, Tozammel Sarkar, 72, hailed from Magura, Abdul Latif, 75 hailed from Comilla and Abdur Rob, 75, form Gopalganj, Mojibur Rahman, 50, hailed from Mirpur, Nur Mohammad, 70 from Noakhali and Sulaiman Ali, 65 from Naogaon.

Dowry free marriage of 151 couple

Tablig Jamaat sources said that some 151 couple got married in a dowry-free wedding ceremony on the second day of the second phase of Ijtema with the presence of bride and guardians of bridegroom. They did not need to spend money.

Jubayerul Hassan conducted the marriage ceremony after Asr prayers.

BDST: 0929 HRS, FEB 02, 2014