3 of a family fall sick in city hotel, die in hospital

Three members of a family, who fell sick on Sunday morning at a hotel in Dhaka's Moghbazar area,were declared dead after being taken to hospital, reports UNB.

The deceased were identified as Monir Hossain, an expatriate worker, his wife Swapna and their son Arafat Hossain Nayeem.

Officer in charge of Ramna police station Gulam Faruque said Monir along with his family members came to Dhaka from his village home Ramgonj upazila in Laxnipur district on Saturday afternoon for medical consultations. They tried to get Prof Dr Din Muhammad's appointment in his Eskaton Road Hospital, he said quoting relatives of the victims.

As they did not get appointment on Saturday, they had stayed at a residential hotel "Hotel Sweet Sleep" near Moghbazar intersection for the night to get appointment for Sunday.

The OC further said that the trio suddenly fell sick in the morning with vomiting. At one stage, Monir called his uncle named Rafiqul Islam over phone.

Later, his uncle came to the hotel at around 11:00am and then rushed them to nearby Al Din hospital where they died, the OC added.

Police suspected that they might have died due to food poisoning. However, actual cause will be determine after getting post mortem report, the added.

The bodies will be sent to the DMCH morgue for autopsy.

Replying to question, the OC said CCTV footage of the hotel has been scrutinised as well as invedtigating to find out if any other reason behind the deaths, he added.