Prominent filmmaker and government adviser Mostofa Sarwar Farooki suddenly fell ill during his stay in Cox’s Bazar and was flown to Dhaka by helicopter on Saturday night. According to Cox’s Bazar Deputy Commissioner Muhammad Salahuddin, the helicopter carrying Farooki departed the coastal city around 10:40 p.m. Family sources said he had been suffering from abdominal pain since the afternoon, for which specialists provided initial treatment. Later, on the family’s decision, he was shifted to Dhaka for advanced care. Farooki had arrived in Cox’s Bazar on Friday afternoon on a private flight to attend several government programs scheduled until Tuesday.