Aftab Ahmed
আফতাব আহমেদ
Born1934/1935
Mohipur Village, Rangpur District, Bengal, British India (now Bangladesh)
Died(2013-12-25)December 25, 2013 (aged 79)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Resting placeMirpur, Graveyard
NationalityBangladeshi
OccupationPhotojournalist
EmployerThe Daily Ittefaq
AwardsEkushey Padak (2006)

Aftab Ahmed (c. 1934 – 25 December 2013) was a Bangladeshi photojournalist. He served as chief photographer of Bengali newspaper The Daily Ittefaq.[1] He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 2006 by the Government of Bangladesh.[2]

Career

Ahmed started his career as photojournalist in The Daily Ittefaq in 1962.[2] He took photographs during the Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971.[2]

Personal life

Ahmed was married to Momtaz begum (died 29 June 2010). They had one son Monowar Ahmed and one daughter Afroz Ahmed.[3]

Death

On 24 December 2013 Ahmed was found dead at his house in West Rampura region in Dhaka. According to the police, his hands and legs were tied up and a gag was wrapped around his mouth when his body was found. Dhaka Medical College morgue concluded his death was caused by strangulation in the post-mortem report.[2] On 27 March 2017, 5 people were sentenced to death for his murder.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Ekushey Padak winning lensman killed". The Daily Star. December 25, 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Photojournalist Aftab Ahmed murdered". The Daily Star. December 26, 2013.
  3. ↑ Kailash Sarkar (December 26, 2013). "Mysterious murder of veteran lensman Aftab". Dhaka Tribune.
  4. ↑ "5 to die for killing photojournalist Aftab Ahmed | Dhaka Tribune". Dhaka Tribune. 2017-03-28. Retrieved 2017-03-28.
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