Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has detained actress Humaira Himu’s pal Mohammad Ziauddin Rufi on suspicion of having a hand in her unexplained death.
Khandaker Al Moin, director of the RAB’s legal and media wing, verified the details to Prothom Alo.
Actress Himu passed away on Thursday afternoon. Her final resting place is Lakshmipur. After today’s Friday Jummah prayers, her body is scheduled to be transported to Lakshmipur.
Obhinoy Shilpi Shongho general secretary Rawnak Hasan said that Humaira Himu’s body had been taken away for autopsy and afterwards her Namaz-e-janaza was held at Channel-i premises. She will be buried beside her mother’s grave in Lakshmipur.
Humaira Himu was born in Lakshmipur district on 23 November 1985. She spent her childhood in Lakshmipur and started working on stage theatre since she was a student of class two. Himu herself had said in an interview of a private TV channel that she used to work with local cultural organisations named, HiFi Koutuk Shilpogoshthi and Friends Natyogoshthi.
In1999, Himu relocated to Dhaka following her SSC exams. She initially joined Nagorik Natyangan and subsequently worked with a number of different theater companies.
Following that, she participated in a photo session and submitted her portfolio to several modeling agencies. After that, she participated in an advertisement to spread knowledge about AIDS. She went on to work in a number of more TV spots.
Director Taher Shipon initially hired her for a television drama called “PI” after noticing her performance in a tea business commercial. She costarred in the play alongside the late actor Dilip Chakrabarti.
In 2005, Humaira Himu entered the entertainment industry. Actor Tony Dias advised her to change her name from Humaira Nusrat Himu to Humaira Himu.
Himu had told Desh TV in an interview, “I worked with Tony Dias for the first time in a telefilm. He then told me that I should choose a name with two words only.”
“Before that I used to introduce myself as just ‘Himu’. Tony Dias at that time told me that all the famous persons in the world have names with two words. I became Humaira Himu from then,” she added.
