Court Correspondent :
A Dhaka court on Thursday placed accused Foysal Ali and Mostafizur Rahman on a six-day remand each in connection with the abduction and murder of Awami League lawmaker Anwarul Azim Anar of Jhenaidah-4, who was killed in Kolkata, India.
Metropolitan Magistrate Md. Ataullah of the Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court passed the order after police produced the two suspects in court, requesting a 10-day remand.
A special team from the Detective Branch (DB) of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) apprehended the two accused in Khagrachari, where they were hiding, posing as devotees at a remote Kali Temple for the last few days.
The victim’s daughter, Mumtarin Ferdous Dorin, filed the case on May 22 at the Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Police Station in Dhaka.
Anwarul Azim, a three-time MP and President of Jhenaidah’s Kaliganj Upazila Unit
Awami League went to India on May 12 on a personal visit, reportedly to receive medical
treatment. He went missing on May 13 after leaving a flat in Kolkata’s Borah Nagar area.
According to Kolkata police sources, Anwarul Azim was taken to a flat in New Town.of Kolkata, where he was thought to be strangled to death and his body was cut into pieces.