Tanvir Bhuiyan, an accused in the murder of Awami League lawmaker of Jenaidah-4 Anwarul Azim Anar in Kolkata, gave a confessional statement before a Dhaka court on Tuesday.
Police produced the accused before the court of Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACCM)Tofazzal Hossain as he wanted to give a confessional statement. The court later recorded Tanvir’s statement under section 164 of the Criminal Procedure Code and sent him to jail.
Earlier on June 3, the court recorded a confessional statement of another accused Silisti Rahman regarding the case.
A court here on May 31 had placed Tanvir, Silisti, and Shimul Bhuiyan on five days remand each in the case.
Earlier on May 24, the court of Metropolitan Magistrate Dilruba Afroz Tithi had placed them on eight-day remand.
Another separate court on May 23 set July 4 for submitting the probe report in the case. Metropolitan Magistrate Mahbubul Haque passed the order, accepting the first information report (FIR) in the case.
The victim’s daughter Mumtarin Ferdous Dorin filed the case on May 22 with the capital’s Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Police Station.
Anwarul, a three-time lawmaker and also president of Kaliganj upazila unit of Awami League, went to India on May 12 on a personal visit to receive treatment. He went missing on May 13 after going out of the flat he was residing in Kolkata’s Borah Nagar area.
According to the Kolkata police, Anwarul was taken to a flat in New Town in Kolkata, where he was believed to be strangulated to death and his body was cut into many pieces.
Meanwhile, another accused in the murder, Md Siam Hossain has been arrested in Nepal, where he has been hiding since the murder, DMP's Detective Branch Chief Harun-or-Rashid has confirmed on Tuesday.
Harun and three other members of the DB travelled to Nepal on 1 June following the detention of Siam Hossain by Kathmandu police, The Business Standard reported earlier this month.
"He has been arrested in Nepal. The Indian police want to take him for interrogation. Nepal police will decide to which country [Bangladesh or India] Siam will be handed over," Harun, additional commissioner of police, told media upon arriving at the Dhaka airport from Nepal on Tuesday.
Siam fled the country following the murder of Jhenaidah-4 MP Azim in Kolkata.
According to Celesty Rahman, another accused in a case filed over the murder, Siam was responsible for disposing of the bones and skull of the MP after he was killed. He also helped in dismembering the MP's dead body.
"He dumped the bones of the lawmaker into a canal. He then roamed around with the lawmaker's phones to confuse law enforcers about the whereabouts of Azim.
"This was why Azim's phone was found active till 16 May. Several text messages were sent to different numbers from Azim's phone, which said the lawmaker was going to Delhi and was in meetings with VIPs there," Celesty told in a confessional statement given to Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court on June 3.
"Siam went to India via Nepal and returned to the Himalayan country after killing the lawmaker," she added.
So far, five people have been arrested in Bangladesh, India and Nepal over the murder of MP Azim. Among those, three - Shimul Bhuiyan alias Syed Amanullah, Celesty Rahman, Tanvir Bhuiyan- are in the custody of DB while Jihad Hawlader is in the custody of Kolkata police.
Siam is currently in the custody of Nepal police.
Another accused, Akhtaruzzaman Shahin, the alleged mastermind behind the murder, is believed to be currently residing in the United States.
A Dhaka court issued an arrest warrant against Siam last Sunday.
