Bangladesh MP Murder: Circumstantial Evidence Found, Detective Chief Says. DNA Test Of Blood Likely Next

Bangladesh police investigated MP Anwarul Azim Anar's murder, finding circumstantial evidence during the examination of a sewage line connected to the murder scene.

As the investigation into the murder of Bangladesh MP Anwarul Azim Anar progresses, Harun-ur-Rashid, chief of the Bangladesh Detective Department, reported that circumstantial evidence has been found. Further examination of the sewage line connected to the duplex where the murder took place is planned. Bangladesh Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan stated that Anar, who had gone missing in India, was discovered murdered in Kolkata on May 22, leading to the arrest of three individuals.

"We inspected the sewage line which is connected with that duplex flat (place of occurrence of the murder) with the help of West Bengal CID. We took help from CID West Bengal to break the whole sewage line. We are already interrogating the accused butcher at the CID West Bengal headquarters," Harun-or-Rashid said, as reported by news agency ANI.

Currently, the Chief of the Bangladesh Detective Department is in India for the investigation of the murder case of Bangladesh MP Anwarul Azim Anar.

"We also got many digital evidence and we will also record the statement of the accused butcher. After interrogation, we matched the statement with our accused in Bangladesh. We also got circumstantial evidence and we are matching it," the chief added.

Accompanying a police team, Harun-or-Rashid arrived in Kolkata on Sunday afternoon and outlined the killing of Anar as "cold-blooded, barbaric murder." He said that he had never been encountered with such a heinous planned murder.

He said that Akhtaruzzaman has been named as the main suspect in the murder case, and it is believed that he may have fled from Kathmandu to Dubai and then the United States.

Police May Conduct DNA Test Of Blood Found In Kolkata Flat

The Bangladesh Police might conduct DNA tests on blood samples found in a New Town flat near Kolkata to confirm the murder, an officer announced on Tuesday. The DNA tests will be used as a final measure if the body parts of the Awami League MP are not located, said an officer from the Dhaka police involved in the investigation in Kolkata.

"In case the body parts are not found, then we will conduct DNA tests on the blood samples and match the result with the DNA of one of Anar's family members to establish the identity and start a case according to the law," the officer stated, as per news agency PTI.

The Kolkata Police Disaster Management Team resumed searching the Bagjola canal near an amusement park in Rajarhat on Tuesday, according to an officer cited by PTI.

However, Kolkata Police noted that recovering the body parts would be challenging due to heavy rains from Cyclone Remal on Monday.

"It's been over a fortnight that the crime was carried out. The body parts were chopped into smaller parts, and aquatic animals were highly likely to eat those up. The Bagjola Canal has dirty water and the body parts could be swept away by the flow," the police officer explained.

Divers have been deployed to locate the body parts and the murder weapons in the canal, he added.

The murder of the Bangladeshi parliamentarian, who went missing on May 13 only a day after arriving in Kolkata, has become public knowledge, bringing chilling details to light.

The MP was allegedly killed in an apartment in Kolkata, where his body was chopped up and the remains were disposed of by suspects using several plastic bags, according to the findings.

As per the report of the West Bengal Criminal Investigation Department (CID), during questioning, one of the suspects in the case—a butcher from Mumbai confessed that he had removed all of the skin from the Bangladeshi MP's body. Later, he chopped it up and minced the pieces that had been cut in an attempt to remove any trace of his identity.

To look into the death of the Bangladeshi MP, a Special Investigation Team (SIT) was formed.