Writer Sheikh Abdul Hakim passes away

Renowned author and translator Sheikh Abdul Hakim passed away at his Madartek residence in Dhaka yesterday afternoon.

Hakim breathed his last around 1pm, his daughter Sazia Hakim told The Daily Star.

"My father was suffering from breathing problems. We were planning to shift him to a hospital...," she said.

Abdul Hakim was born in 1946 in Hooghly district of West Bengal, India.

He had been ghostwriting for Sheba Prakasani for around four decades. After forty years of collaboration, the partnership ended when Hakim claimed the ownership of the write-up by seeking decision from copyright office last year.

Abdul Hakim, who penned the popular spy novel "Masud Rana" as a ghostwriter, won the copyright lawsuit in June that year. He was awarded copyright to his 260 books previously belonging to Qazi Anwar Hossen.

Copyright for another 50 books of Kuasha Series was also granted to him by copyright office.