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|name=Aftab Ahmed<br />
|native_name=আফতাব আহমেদ <br />
|native_name_lang = bn<br />
|birth_date= 1934/1935<br />
|birth_place = Mohipur Village, [[Rangpur District]], [[Bengal]], [[British India]] <small>(now Bangladesh)</small><br />
|death_date={{death date|2013|12|25}} (aged 79)<br />
|death_place=[[Dhaka]], [[Bangladesh]]<br />
|resting_place = Mirpur, Graveyard<br />
|occupation=Photojournalist<br />
|nationality=Bangladeshi<br />
|awards=[[Ekushey Padak]] (2006)<br />
|employer=[[The Daily Ittefaq]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''Aftab Ahmed''' (c. 1934 – 25 December 2013) was a Bangladeshi photojournalist. He served as chief photographer of [[Bengali language|Bengali]] newspaper ''[[The Daily Ittefaq]]''.<ref name=star>{{cite web|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/ekushey-padak-winning-lensman-killed-3930|title=Ekushey Padak winning lensman killed|date=December 25, 2013|publisher=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|The Daily Star]]}}</ref> He was awarded [[Ekushey Padak]] in 2006 by the Government of Bangladesh.<ref name=star2/><br />
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==Career==<br />
Ahmed started his career as photojournalist in ''The Daily Ittefaq'' in 1962.<ref name=star2/> He took photographs during the [[Liberation War of Bangladesh]] in 1971.<ref name=star2/><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Ahmed was married to Momtaz begum (died 29 June 2010). They had one son Monowar Ahmed and one daughter Afroz Ahmed.<ref name=dt>{{cite news|author=Kailash Sarkar|date=December 26, 2013|title=Mysterious murder of veteran lensman Aftab|url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/murder/2013/dec/26/mysterious-murder-veteran-lensman-aftab#sthash.39kz5zze.dpuf|newspaper=Dhaka Tribune}}</ref><br />
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==Death==<br />
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.<ref name=star2>{{cite news|title=Photojournalist Aftab Ahmed murdered|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/photojournalist-aftab-ahmed-murdered-4029|newspaper=The Daily Star|date=December 26, 2022}}</ref> On 27 March 2017, 5 people were sentenced to death for his murder.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/court/2017/03/28/5-die-killing-photojournalist-aftab-ahmed/|title=5 to die for killing photojournalist Aftab Ahmed {{!}} Dhaka Tribune|date=2017-03-28|work=Dhaka Tribune|access-date=2017-03-28|language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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