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DB arrested mastermind behind MP Anar murder: Hasan Mahmud

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Published: 15:11, 22 May 2024

Update: 15:22, 22 May 2024

DB arrested mastermind behind MP Anar murder: Hasan Mahmud

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On Tuesday (22 may), Kolkata police recovered the dead body of Anwarul Azim Anar, a member of the parliament (MP) for the Jhenaidah-4 constituency, after eight days going missing in India.

Hasan Mahmud, Foreign Affairs Minister said on Tuesday that the Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has arrested the mastermind behind the murder of MP Anwarul Azim Anar.

He also said that Kolkata police have arrested two more in this connection while responding to reporters after a seminar at Dhaka University.

"This is not a matter between the two states. The home minister said it was a planned murder. We are getting all the updates via the Bangladesh High Commission in Kolkata," said Hasan.

During the early hours today, Kolkata police recovered the dismembered body of Anwarul Azim Anar, a member of the parliament (MP) for the Jhenaidah-4 constituency, eight days after going missing in India.

According to Kolkata police, it was a premeditated murder.

"His body was cut into pieces, and some of the body parts were recovered from a flat of Sanjeeva Garden in Kolkata's New Town," said a deputy police commissioner of Kolkata police.

Sources at Kolkata police said the flat belongs to an excise duty official.

The Special Task Force of India is looking after the case, and officials of the central investigation branch and Barrakpur detective branch are at the crime scene.

Azim went missing a day after going to India for medical purposes on 12 May, according to his family members.

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