A pilot of a training helicopter of the Bangladesh Army, who was undergoing treatment at a hospital in Singapore after being injured in the helicopter crash on July 27 in Nawabganj upazila of Dhaka, succumbed to his injuries on Tuesday.
The deceased was Air Wing Director of RAB Forces, Lt Col Mohammad Ismail Hossain, 45.
Two pilots were injured as the training helicopter made a crash landing on a waterbody in the upazila.
The pilots — Lt Col Ismail and Major Shams — were shifted to Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka by a helicopter, according to Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).
Later, Ismail was airlifted to Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore on August 5 as he got severe injury in his backbone.
On August 6, a surgery was conducted at the hospital but his physical condition started to deteriorate.
He breathed his last on Tuesday at the hospital.
Lt Col Ismail was survived by his parents, wife and two sons.
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan, army chief, senior secretary of the Security Division under Home Ministry, inspector general of police, director general of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and high officials concerned of RAB and army expressed deep shock at the demise of Lt Col Ismail and conveyed deep sympathy to the bereaved family members.
