The accused was produced earlier than a neighborhood courtroom, at Barasat in North 24 Parganas district, on Could 24, 2024. | Picture Credit score: PTI
A Bangladeshi nationwide arrested by the Felony Investigation Division (CID) of West Bengal Police in reference to the homicide of Bangladesh MP Md. Anwarul Azim Anar in Kolkata was despatched to 12 days of police custody by a metropolis courtroom on Friday.
The suspect, Jihad Hawladar, 24, is an unlawful immigrant from Bangladesh, in keeping with the CID. A resident of Barakpur in Bangladesh’s Khulna district and dealing as a butcher in Mumbai, Mr. Hawladar admitted to the CID his involvement within the MP’s homicide. He was staying in a flat in Chinar Park in Kolkata for greater than two months. The CID arrested him on Thursday from Bongaon in North 24 Parganas district.
Earlier, Bangladesh police arrested three suspects in reference to the MP’s demise.
The sufferer, Anwarul Azim Anar, 56, was a three-time Awami League MP from Jhenaidah-4 in Bangladesh’s Khulna district. He arrived in Calcutta on Could 12 for medical remedy. CCTV footage from Could 13 confirmed him coming into a housing complicated in Kolkata’s New City space with two males and a girl. Between Could 13 and 15, the three individuals who entered the complicated with Anar have been captured on CCTV cameras leaving the premises with two giant luggage.
Media reviews have quoted Dhaka police as saying the MP was suffocated to demise, his physique reduce into items and blended with turmeric powder earlier than being disposed of. The police are looking out to get well the physique elements. Dhaka police suspect {that a} US-based businessman, Dr Akhtaruzzaman Shahin, deliberate the homicide and employed the alleged killers, in keeping with reviews.