Bangladesh MP who went missing from Kolkata was murdered, says West Bengal Police
Three persons have been arrested in Dhaka in connection with the murder of Awami League MP Anwarul Azim Anar.
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Bangladesh MP Anwarul Azim Anar, who went missing on May 13, has been murdered, the West Bengal Police said on Wednesday, reported The Indian Express.
The police said that the case is being handled by the Crime Investigation Department and a Special Investigation Team has been formed. Anar was an MP representing Bangladesh’s ruling Awami League party and had arrived in Kolkata on May 12 for medical treatment.
Bangladesh Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Wednesday said that three persons were arrested in Dhaka connection with the murder.
“We have been informed by the Indian police that he has been murdered,” said Khan. “After he went missing, the Indian police shared inputs with us. Based on that, our police arrested three persons. We are cooperating with the Indian police. He has been murdered in a pre-planned way at a residence there [Kolkata].”
On May 12, Anar went to meet his friend Gopal Biswas in Kolkata. The next day, he left Biswas’s home and went to an apartment in North Kolkata’s New Town, which he was renting. The legislator went missing from there.
On May 18, Biswas filed a missing person complaint at Baranagar police station in Kolkata after he failed to get in touch with Anar, reported The Times of India.
Following this, the Barrackpore Police Commissionerate formed a...
