Syed Mahbub-e-Khuda Dewanbagi, known as Dewanbagi Pir, died at a hospital in Dhaka yesterday morning. He was 70.

"He fell sick in the morning and was rushed to a private hospital where he breathed his last around 7am," Shah Alam Sohag, a follower of the deceased, told The Daily Star.

He will be buried after a namaz-e-janaza after Zohr prayers today, he said.

Dewanbagi founded Dewanbag Darbar Sharif at Motijheel's Arambagh.

He was born to Syed Abdur Rashid Sarker and Syeda Zobeda Khatun on December 14, 1949 at Ashuganj, Brahmanbaria. He was sixth among six brothers and two sisters.

After Dewanbagi's demise, his followers started gathering at the Arambagh Darbar Sharif to mourn his death.