Staff Reporter :
Anik Aziz, son of MP Mustafa Lutfulla of Satkhira constituency-1, reportedly committed suicide hanging from a ceiling fan at NAM Bhaban in the city’s Manik Miah Avenue on Sunday morning. The 26-year old Anik is a student MSc of Daffodil International University (DIU) in Dhaka. Police recovered the body based on information from the MP’s residence in around 8:30am, police said.
Jahangir Hossain, Personal Secretary to Mustafa Lutfullah, said he along with the MP reached the NAM flat from Satkhira around 6:00am where Anik and his sister Srishty were staying.
“Everyone went to bed after dinner. Anik did not get up yesterday morning. They knocked on the door and called him, but he did not answer. They unlocked the room and found the body inside.” The body was found hanging in room No. 604 of building No. 5, said GG Bishwash, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Police Station.
Acting on information, police recovered the body around 8:30am and sent it to Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital for autopsy, the police official said.
Police primarily suspect it is a case of suicide but the reason of his death can be determined after the autopsy, he said.
The body was hanging from a bedroom fan with internet wires around his neck, said Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Police Station Sub-Inspector (SI) Shafiqur.
The autopsy was conducted by the hospital’s Forensic Division Chief Prof AM Selim Raza. The autopsy agreed with the initial police report.
Advocate Mustafa Lutfullah is a leader of the Workers Party of Bangladesh. He was elected MP of Satkhira-1 in the 2014 election, said Adity Adrita Srishty, sister of Anik.
Anik received his diploma from Khulna City Polytechnic Institute and signed up for his IELTS exams to apply abroad. He was also taking a photography course, she said.
Lutfullah and his wife Nasreen Khan Lipy were in Satkhira on Saturday and returned to Dhaka on Sunday morning, she added
“We are checking his laptop and phone,” Anik’s uncle Abdullah Al Murtaza said. “We don’t know what happened,” he said.
After the autopsy, the body will be taken to Polashpol in Satkhira’s Sadar Upazila for burial, according to her.
Anik’s uncle Sharifullah Kaiser Shumon said: “Anik’s father was in Satkhira when the incident took place. He was in the house with his sister Shrishty and driver.”
Anik’s body will be flown to Satkhira in a helicopter.
