Deputy Attorney General Advocate Md Zaber passed away during Hajj in Saudi Arabia today. He was 65.

Advocate Md Zaber died of cardiac arrest while he was performing Hajj at Makkah Al-Muazzama in Saudi Arabia at 5:20am.

Advocate Zaber’s wife Dilara Begum Shahana informed his death to the attorney general’s office over cellphone from Makkah, Deputy Attorney General Amin Uddin Manik told The Daily Star.

Zaber left behind his wife, a son and three daughters and a host of admirers to mourn his death.

He went to Makkah with his wife and younger daughter to perform Hajj.