- Monday, February 24, 2025
Anwarul Azim Anar, a member of the country’s ruling Awami League, reportedly went missing a day after he visited India for medical purposes on May 12.
By: Shubham Ghosh
THE police in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata on Wednesday (22) recovered the dismembered body of Anwarul Azim Anar, a member of Bangladeshi parliament, eight days after he was reported to have gone missing, The Business Standard reported.
Anar, who was a member of Bangladesh’s ruling Awami League, which is known for its pro-India stance, visited India for medical purposes on May 12 and went missing a day later, his family members said. Anar was a member of the Bangladeshi parliament representing Jhenaidah-4 constituency.
The report cited the Kolkata Police as saying that it was a premeditated murder.
“His body was cut into pieces, and some of the body parts were recovered from a flat of Sanjeeva Garden in Kolkata’s New Town,” a deputy police commissioner of the city police was quoted as saying by the report.
Sources in the police said that the flat where the politician’s mortal remains were found belonged to an excise duty official.
An Indian special task force was looking into the case. Investigative officials were at the crime scene after Anar’s remains were found.
Bangladeshi home minister Asaduzzaman Khan told the news outlet that his country’s police quoted a top police officer from India to say that the body of Anar was recovered in Kolkata. He said they were yet to have complete confirmation about the matter and that Bangladeshi authorities were looking into the case and they would inform the media once they have confirmed information.
Anar’s personal secretary Abdur Rauf also said that they were yet to receive official information about the MP’s demise, The Business Standard report added.
Bangladeshi police’s inspector general Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun said they were working with Kolkata Police and were yet to receive specific information about the murder.
When asked whether gold-smuggling could be a possible motive behind the murder, he said they were investing the matter.
On May 19, Anar’s daughter Mumtarin Ferdous Doreen told reporters that she had sought the help of Bangladesh’s Detective Branch (DB) to track her father’s location.
DB officials had been working with the Indian police to find Anar.
