Devotees faced trouble in returning home due to inclement weather and lack of transports following sudden conclusion of Biswa Ijtema at Tongi on Friday.
About 50,000 devotees were at Ijtema ground till Saturday evening. They underwent immense suffering as they had to wait for transports under the open sky and rail station in drizzle.
About 100 devotees from Middle East countries came to the Ijtema ground Saturday morning, as they did not receive the news of its early conclusion.
They arrived at Zia International Airport Friday evening and were taken to Kakril Mosque. They came to the Ijtema ground Saturday morning.
About 6,775 devotees, who had come to the Ijtema from 68 countries, will stay at the ground till tomorrow.
Meanwhile, a Pakistani devotee, Nisar Uddin, died of old age complications yesterday. His namaj-e-janaza was held after the Johr prayer. His body was flown to Pakistan yesterday night.
A total of four devotees died of shivering cold and old age complications while attending Ijtema this year. Twenty-six others fell sick and were admitted to Tongi Government Hospital. Later, nine of them were shifted to Dhaka.
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