Aftab Ahmed (c. 1934 – 25 December 2013) was a Bangladeshi photojournalist. He served as chief photographer of Bengali newspaper The Daily Ittefaq.[1] He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 2006 by the Government of Bangladesh.[2]
Ahmed started his career as photojournalist in The Daily Ittefaq in 1962.[2] He took photographs during the Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971.[2]
Ahmed was married to Momtaz begum (died 29 June 2010). They had one son Monowar Ahmed and one daughter Afroz Ahmed.[3]
On 24 December 2013 Ahmed was found dead at his house in West Rampura region in Dhaka. According to the police, his hands and legs were tied up and a gag was wrapped around his mouth when his body was found. Dhaka Medical College morgue concluded his death was caused by strangulation in the post-mortem report.[2] On 27 March 2017, 5 people were sentenced to death for his murder.[4]
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