Renowned singer Moni Kishore was found dead at his home in the capital’s Rampura area on Saturday night, reports agencies.
Police said that the popular singer from the 90s, died couple of days ago. The reason behind the death could not be confirmed immediately after recovering his body.
The victim’s flat was found locked from inside. Smelling a bad odor, neighbors called emergency service 999. Later, police recovered the body.
Confirming the matter, Rampura police station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Ataur Rahman Akan said the body was sent to hospital for autopsy.
Moni Kishore has recorded more than 500 songs. Though he was a listed artiste of radio and television, he didn’t sing there much. Neither did he sing in films that much. He mainly worked on audio records.
Moni has hundreds of songs that became popular amongst people including ‘Ki Chile Amar’, ‘Shei Duti Chokh Kothai Tomar’, ‘Tumi Shudhu Amari Jonno’, ‘Mukhe Bolo Bhalobashi’ and ‘Ami More Gele Jani Tumi’ and etc.
His most popular song ‘Ki Chile Amar’ was written and composed by himself. Moni Kishore has written and composed around 20 songs.
Moni Kishore was his stage name. His real name was Moni Mandal. Since he was a fan of Kishore Kumar he had added ‘Kishore’ to his name.
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