01-Jun-2024 10:31 PM
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Dhaka, June 1 (Reporter) India will conduct the main investigation into the murder of Awami League parliamentarian Anwarul Azim Anar as the incident took place in Kolkata, and New Delhi will also look into getting back main accused Akhtaruzzaman Shaheen from the US, Bangladesh Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said today.
Speaking to reporters, he said, “The murder case was filed in India. The United States has a prisoner exchange agreement with India. So the Indian government will look into it as it happened in their country. The main case will be where the murder took place. If they involve us in the case, we will support them.”
The Bangladesh home minister’s statement came in response to questions from reporters at Dhaka University on Saturday, bdnews24 reported
Aktaruzzaman Shaheen, believed to be the mastermind of the murder of the Jhenaidah-4 MP Anwarul Azim Anar, is reported to have absconded to the United States.
Bangladesh does not have an extradition treaty with the US to bring back the accused, but India does. The West Bengal Crime Investigative Department (CID) is planning to bring Shaheen back to India from the US.
Meanwhile, a team from the Dhaka Metropolitan Police Detective Branch left for Nepal on Saturday morning as part of their investigation into Anar's murder.
Attempts are being made to arrest all the suspects, wherever they are, he said.
Law enforcers cannot sit by when an MP has been killed in such a gruesome way, Khan said. "Efforts are continuing and all those who have committed the murder or assisted them will be brought to justice. Efforts are also underway to make arrangements for those who fled to Nepal to be brought back,” he said.
Md Anwarul Azim Anar, lawmaker for Jhenaidah-4 and president of Kaliganj upazila Awami League, is said to have been brutally murdered in an apartment in New Town, Kolkata, India.
The MP's body had been cut into pieces, media reports quoted a deputy commissioner of the Kolkata Police as saying, who added that some of the body parts had been found in a flat of Sanjeeva Garden in Kolkata's New Town...////...