Businessman found dead in hotel room

The deceased was identified as a Hamidur Rahman Mujibor, 38, hailing from Mymensingh District. Hamidur was a former army man and lived in Shajahanpur with his wife and three children, police said. Officer-in-Charge of Motijheel police station Omor Faruk told the Dhaka Tribune that a woman has been detained for questioning. The OC said that on September 23 Hamidur and a woman booked a room together at the Arena Hotel. Hamidur fell ill on Saturday night and passed away before he could be taken to the hospital. The police were informed by hotel authorities and they recovered and sent his body to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) morgue for an autopsy. OC Faruk said Hamidur quit the army almost a decade ago because of heart disease and became an associate of a travel agency starting the manpower business. “We are investigating if this a case of murder or natural death,” the OC added. Hamidur's relative Babul said that he left on Friday night telling his family that he was going to the village and turned off his phone. He also suspects that because of the nature of Hamidur's business he would have been murdered.