Ekushey medalist photojournalist Aftab Ahmed was brutally murdered

The Dhaka Times Desk Aftab Ahmed, a photojournalist who won Ekush medal, was brutally hacked to death. The body was recovered from his home on Wednesday morning.

Khilgaon police recovered the bloodied body of Aftab Ahmed from the third floor of his house on the 4th floor of 63/4 Wapda Road in Rampura in the morning with his hands and feet tied. Later sent to Dhaka Medical College Hospital for autopsy.

Veteran journalist Aftab Ahmed was awarded the Ekushey Padak in 2006 for his unique contribution to photojournalism. He has worked in almost all leading newspapers of the country. This veteran journalist Aftab Ahmed used to work as a photojournalist in the country's leading daily Ittefa. Retired from Ittefaq 6 years ago.

According to media sources, Aftab Ahmed is the father of a son and a daughter in his personal life. Aftab Ahmed lived alone in this house. His family lives elsewhere. They used to visit him sometimes. The police are yet to say anything about the reason why he was killed. The police said that the real mystery will come out through the investigation. The police are probing whether the miscreants entered to commit a robbery and killed him, or whether the killing was planned.