Photographer Shahidul picked up from house

Staff Correspondent: Some unidentified people picked up Shahidul Alam, a noted photographer and the founder of Drik and Pathshala South Asian Media Institute, from his Dhaka’s Dhanmondi residence on Sunday night.

A group of plainclothes people identifying themselves as detectives came to the building in Dhanmondi 9/A around 10:00pm and stormed into Shahidul’s apartment on the third floor, Saydia Gulrukh, director of Drik Gallery, said.

They broke the building CCTV cameras, disconnected intercom connection of the building and finally took him away, Saydia said.


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