New Delhi: An official posted at the High Commission of India in Bangladesh was found dead inside the mission premises in Chattogram on Tuesday.
Police identified the deceased as Naren Dhar, a native of Chandigarh, who was serving as an assistant protocol officer at the Indian mission.
Chattogram Police Commissioner Aminur Rashid told reporters that the body of the 38-39-year-old official was found inside a washroom on the second floor of the old visa centre building.
According to police, Dhar was working as an assistant protocol officer at the Indian mission in Chattogram.
No official statement has yet been issued by the High Commission of India in Bangladesh in Dhaka or the Assistant High Commission in Chattogram regarding the incident.
Police said the preliminary suspicion points towards cardiac arrest as the possible cause of death. Assistant Police Commissioner Aminur Rashid stated that the exact cause would only be confirmed after the postmortem report is received.
