Narain Dhar, assistant protocol officer at the Indian High Commission in Bangladesh’s Chattogram, was found dead inside the mission headquarters on Tuesday, news agency PTI reported, citing police.
Dhar was in his late 30s and was found dead outside the bathroom door early in the morning on the second floor of the old Visa Center building of the Indian High Commission.
“We were told that he is Narin Dhar and works as an assistant protocol officer in the mission,” Aminur Rashid, the coastal city’s police spokesman, told reporters.
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While Dhar’s death was initially suspected to be due to cardiac arrest, Rashid – who is also the city’s Assistant Commissioner of Police – said the autopsy report would confirm the cause of his death.
He further stated that the police reached the spot immediately after receiving information about the incident and sent Dhar’s body for autopsy at the state-run Chattogram Medical College Hospital morgue, following required protocols as he is a foreign national serving in the High Commission.
According to the information available to the police, Naren Dar comes from the city of Chandigarh in the state of Punjab.
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The Indian High Commission in Dhaka or the Auxiliary High Commission in Chattogram have not yet commented on Dhar’s death. The Indian Ministry of External Affairs has also not commented on the incident yet.
Meanwhile, Deputy Commissioner of Chattogram Metropolitan Police (North Zone) Amirul Islam told The Daily Star that a case of unnatural death will be filed in connection with the incident, adding that Dhar’s mortal remains will be handed over to the officials of the Auxiliary High Commission of India after the death.