Dhaka:  The body of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s special assistant Mahbubul Haque Shakil, who died on Tuesday afternoon, has been taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital morgue for autopsy.

The Gulshan Police Officer-in-charge Sirajul Islam took the body to the hospital morgue at about 7:45am on Wednesday.

Mahbubul Hoque Shakil died at a Japanese restaurant in Dhaka’s Gulshan area. He was 47.

Shakil, former vice-president of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), breathed his last at Samdado Restaurant.

He left behind wife, one daughter and a host of relatives and well-wishers to mourn his death.

Shakil was first appointed as PM’s deputy press sectary after AL came to power in 2009 and later appointed as PM’s special assistant (Media) and PM’s special assistant in 2014.

After hearing about Shakil’s death, State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid, PM's Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim, PM's Military Secretary Major General Mia Mohammad Zainul Abedin, Awami League Joint General Secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif and its Organising Secretary AFM Bahauddin Nasim, among others, rushed to the restaurant.

Talking to reporters at the restaurant, Nasrul Hamid said Shaki’ls body will be kept at Birdem Hospital mortuary tonight.

His first namaz-e-janaza will be held on the Dhaka University campus at about 11:00am on Wednesday.

Later, Shakil will be buried at a graveyard at Bagmara, Mymensingh on the day, said the junior minister.

Born on 20 December, 1968 in Tangail, Shakil obtained honours and master’s degrees from the Sociology Department of Dhaka University.

He passed SSC from Mymensingh Zilla School and HSC from Ananda Mohan College in the district.

Shakil had a hobby of writing poems and he has two poetry books—‘Kheroptatar Khata Theke’ and ‘Mon Kharaper Gari’— to his credit.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expressed deep shock at the death of Shakil. In a condolence message, the premier prayed for eternal peace of the departed soul and conveyed profound sympathy to the bereaved family.