Close on the heels of the disappearance and suspected murder of a Bangladeshi MP in Kolkata, a youth from the neighbouring country, went missing from the city, prompting a police investigation.
According to a senior police officer, 23-year-old Mohammad Delwar Hossain had come to the city for medical treatment and was staying at a hotel on Mirza Ghalib Street in central Kolkata.
The management of the hotel concerned revealed that Hossain, who was accompanied by his relatives on his visit to Kolkata, is likely to have sneaked out of the premises late last night.
PTI, however, did not provide details about Delwar’s hometown or the exact date of his arrival in Kolkata. Previously, Jhenaidah-4 MP Anwarul Azim Anar also went missing after going to India for treatment. Later, news emerged of his murder in a flat. The disappearance of this young Bangladeshi coincides with the ongoing investigation into that murder.
The hotel authorities said Delwar left the hotel on Wednesday night and did not return.
Delwar’s relatives sought assistance from Park Street Police Station on Thursday morning, PTI quoted a Kolkata police official as saying.
A case was filed after the hotel authorities reported his disappearance.
As part of the investigation, police are collecting and examining CCTV footage from the hotel and surrounding areas.
On May 11, MP Anar went missing the day after arriving in Kolkata. Investigations revealed that he was lured to a flat in Sanjeeva Gardens, an upscale residence in Kolkata, where he was murdered and his body dismembered and scattered in various locations.
Based on the information from jailed suspects, several kilogrammes of bones and flesh were recovered from different places in Kolkata.
Preliminary forensic tests indicated they were of ‘male humans,’ but it is not yet confirmed if they belong to MP Anar.
Investigators from Dhaka and Kolkata said a definitive identification can only be made after matching Anar’s DNA with that of his relatives.
