Critically ill former mayor of Rangpur City Corporation Sharfuddin Ahmed Jhantu, has been shifted to Dhaka by an air ambulance yesterday.

He suffered a stroke on Wednesday night and was admitted to a hospital in Rangpur. Doctors subsequently referred him to shift to Dhaka, family members said.

Sharfuddin Ahmed Jhantu, also an advisor of Rangpur AL, was elected as the first mayor of Rangpur City Corporation held on December 20, 2012.