Dhaka, Oct. 27 -- The wails of grieving relatives echoed through Shariatpur's Ishwarkathi village as they laid Abul Kalam Azad to rest after a fatal accident under a falling Dhaka Metro Rail bearing pad.

The shocking death has turned his quiet hometown into a scene of anguish and outrage in Naria Upazila on Monday.

Azad, who died in the accident at Farmgate on Sunday, has been buried in his ancestral village in Shariatpur.

He was laid to rest on Monday morning at his family graveyard in the village, following a second funeral prayer held at the nearby Moktarerchar Purbo Poragacha Islamia Dakhil Madrasa ground.

Azad, 36, was the youngest of four brothers and the son of the late Abdul Jalil Chowkdar. He lived in Pathantuli, Narayanganj,...