MP Anar murder: Jhenaidah AL General Secretary shown arrested

Dhaka Metropolitan DB Police have shown arrested the General Secretary of Jhenaidah district unit of Awami League (AL) in a case filed over the murder of Jhenaidah-4 constituency’s member of the parliament Anwarul Azim Anar.  

He was shown arrested in the case after getting some evidence. He was sent to the court for remand, a DB police source said on Thursday. 

He was detained by the DB police from Dhanmondi area in Dhaka on Tuesday afternoon for interrogation. 

Earlier, the Relief and Social Welfare Affairs Secretary of Jhenaidah district unit of AL Kazi Kamal Ahmed was arrested in connection with the murder of MP Anar. After getting information from him, the DB police detained Mintu for interrogation. 

Anwarul Azim Anar, a three-time MP and president of Jhenaidah’s Kaliganj upazila unit AL, went to India on May 12 on a personal visit to receive treatment. He went missing on May 13 after leaving the flat in Kolkata’s Borah Nagar area.

According to the Kolkata police sources, Anar was taken to a flat in New Town in Kolkata, where he was believed to be strangled to death and his body was cut into pieces.

Anar’s daughter Mumtarin Ferdoush Dorin filed the case with the capital’s Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Police Station on May 22.

Amanullah Aman alias Shimul Bhuiyan and Faisal Ali Saji alias Tanvir Bhuiyan and Celesty Rahman were also shown arrested in the case on May 23.   

Separate courts placed Shimul, Tanvir and Celesty on a total 13-day remand each on two terms. The three have already given confessional statements in the case.