Eminent photographer Anwar Hossain found dead in city hotel

Staff Correspondent: Police recovered the body of eminent photographer Anwar Hossain from a residential hotel in the capital’s Panthapath area on Saturday morning.

Anwar Hossain, a Bangladeshi-born French citizen and a renowned photographer, came to Dhaka for taking part in a photography competition as a judge.

Being informed by the authority of Olio Dream Haven Hotel that Anwar was not responding from inside his room, police rushed there, police said.

Later, police recovered the body of Anwar lying on the bed after breaking the door of Room no. 809 around 10:30am.

Sources at the Hotel said Anwar boarded the hotel on November 28.

risingbd/Dhaka/December 01, 2018/Nur/AKA