CNN Central News & Network–ITDC India Epress/ITDC News Bhopal: Kolkata Police’s Central Investigation Department (CID) has taken over the investigation of the death of Bangladesh MP Md. Anwarul Azim Anar. Initial investigation suggests the parliamentarian from Bangladesh’s Jhenaidah-4 constituency was in Kolkata for treatment in his personal capacity.
Though the body of the deceased has not yet been recovered, the CID’s primary investigation suggests he was murdered; the same was confirmed by Bangladesh Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Wednesday.
Anwarul arrived in Kolkata on May 12 and stayed at his friend Gopal Biswas’s residence in the city’s Baranagar area for two days before going missing. He maintained communication with the family until May 14. On May 16, a call was made from the MP’s phone to his personal assistant, Abdur Rauf.
Unfortunately, Rauf missed the call, and subsequent attempts to call back were unsuccessful as the phone was switched off by then. Since that time, the MP has remained unreachable. Biswas filed a general diary report regarding his disappearance at the Baranagar Police Station on May 18.
“An SIT was formed to investigate the matter. As the investigation was going on, we were asked by the MEA also to enquire into the matter. On May 22, we got input that he might have been murdered,” Akhilesh Chaturvedi, IG, CID, told the media. He added, “The local police traced the location where he was last seen. After this, the CID was put in charge of the investigation.”