The Kolkata Police say it was a premeditated murder. Published: May 22, 2024 3:39 PM IST By Edited by The Member of Parliament (MP) from ‘s ruling party who allegedly went missing on May 18, was found dead in on Wednesday. Meanwhile, www.
dhakatribune.com reported that the recovered his dismembered body from a house in New Town on Wednesday. The Kolkata Police say it was a premeditated murder.
Addressing a press conference at his residence in on Wednesday, Bangladesh Home Minister said that Anwarul Azim was killed in ’s capital Kolkata adding that Bangladesh Police have arrested three persons in this connection, reported Bangladesh Newspaper Daily Star. “So far, we have come to know that all the killers involved are Bangladeshis. It was a planned murder,” said Asaduzzaman Khan, the Bangladesh Home Minister said.
On being asked about the whereabouts of the body of Anwarul Azim, he said that they were yet to know about it. “We will soon inform you about the motive,” the minister said, adding that Indian police are cooperating with the case. Bangladesh MP Anwarul Azim entered India on May 12 and was last seen on the afternoon of May 13 when he went with friends to a home in Bidhannagar near Kolkata for a medical check-up.
According to a family friend in Kolkata’s Bidhannagar, Anwarul Azim mentioned he would be travelling to Delhi, but there has been no physical presence or direct contact with him since May 13. Only mobile messages have been exchanged with his family.