Brishti’s body sent home from US
The mortal remains of Nahida Sultana Brishti, a Bangladeshi student of University of South Florida who was tragically killed in the United States, have been sent to Bangladesh following completion of all legal formalities, officials said today. According to a press release issued by the Consulate General of Bangladesh, Miami, Brishti’s body was dispatched from Orlando International Airport in Florida on Thursday evening for Bangladesh via Dubai.
The body is scheduled to arrive in Bangladesh at 8:40am on May 9, Bangladesh time. Following confirmation of the identification of Brishti’s body by the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office on May 1, the Embassy of Bangladesh in Washington, D.C. and the Consulate General in Miami worked in close coordination with the victim’s family, university authorities, local Bangladeshi expatriates in Tampa and the relevant law enforcement agencies to complete all local legal procedures in the shortest possible time.
Earlier, namaz-e-janaza of Brishti was held on Wednesday after Zuhr prayers at the Islamic Society of Tampa Bay Area mosque. Students of the University of South Florida, officials of the Bangladesh Consulate General in Miami, media representatives and members of the Bangladeshi community attended the janaza.
