Journalist’s body recovered from Press Club toilet

Police have recovered the body of Ali Mahmud, a senior journalist of The Daily Dinkal and a member of the BNP media cell, from a toilet at the National Press Club in Dhaka.

The body was recovered on Tuesday after 9:00am, when police broke open the door of the toilet at the National Press Club.

BNP Chairperson Tarique Rahman and the party’s media cell convener, Dr Maudud Hossain Alamgir Pavel, have expressed deep shock and sorrow at his death.

Shahbagh police station officer-in-charge (OC) Md Moniruzzaman said family members had been unable to contact him since yesterday afternoon.

He added that police rushed to the scene this morning after receiving a phone call from the general secretary of the National Press Club. In the presence of family members, the toilet door was then broken open and the body was recovered.

The OC further said the body has been sent to Dhaka Medical College Hospital.