Photographer Anwar Hossain found dead at city hotel

Photographer Anwar Hossain found dead at city hotel

Dhaka, Dec 1 (Just News): Eminent photographer Anwar Hossain was found dead at a hotel in Dhaka’s Panthapath area this morning.

On information, police broke open the door of room No 809 of Olio Dream Haven around 11:30am and found his body lying on the bed, said GG Biswas, officer-in-charge of Sher-e-Bangla Police Station.

There was no injury mark on his body, the OC said.

General Manager of Olio Dream Haven Shohel Haider Khan said that Anwar Hossain is a Bangladeshi-born French citizen who boarded the hotel on November 28.

He came to Bangladesh to take part in a photography competition as judge, the general manager said.

The hotel authorities called police when the organisers came to pick him up and he did not respond, he added.

Police will send the body to Suhrawardi Medical College and Hospital morgue for autopsy.