MP Azim murder: 3-member DB team goes to Kolkata
A three-member team of the Detective Branch (DB) of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) went to Kolkata today to investigate the murder of Jhenaidah-4 MP Anwarul Azim Anar.
The team, led by DB Chief Harun-or-Rashid, left Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka around 10am.
It also included Muhammad Abdul Ahad, deputy commissioner (Wari Division), and Shahidur Rahman, additional deputy commissioner.
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During a short interaction with the journalists before leaving Dhaka, Harun said the detectives of both Dhaka and Kolkata are convinced that Akhtaruzzaman Shahin was the mastermind in the murder.
"Shaheen is believed to be in America now. An application will be lodged through the Inspector General of Police to bring Shaheen back to the country," he said.
Regarding the visit to Kolkata, he said the team would first visit the crime scene today. Later, they would interrogate Jihad Hawladar, a Bangladeshi national working as a butcher in Mumbai, who was arrested earlier and confessed to his involvement in the murder.
Earlier on 23 May, a four-member team of Kolkata CID came to Dhaka to quiz the three accused, who are now on remand in Bangladesh after being arrested by the DB police.
The three-time Member of Parliament, Anar, went missing on 13 May after going to Kolkata for treatment purposes a day earlier.
On 22 May morning, the Indian media reported that he was murdered in a house in Kolkata's New Town area.
After that, the police of the two countries started the investigation. Three people were arrested in Bangladesh, and another person was arrested in Kolkata in connection with the murder.
