Shimul Bhuiyan, an accused in the case lodged over the murder of Awami League lawmaker from Jenaidah-4 Anwarul Azim Anar in Kolkata, India, gave a confessional statement before a court here on Wednesday.
He is the third accused who has given a confessional statement in the sensational case so far.
Police produced the accused on Wednesday before the court of Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Tofazzal Hossain as he wanted to give a confessional statement. The court later recorded Shimul’s statement under section 164 and sent him to jail.
Earlier Tanvir Bhuiyan and Silisti Rahman gave their confessional statements before the same court on June 4 and June 3 respectively, reports BSS.
A court on May 31 had placed Tanvir, Silisti, and Shimul Bhuiyan on five days of fresh remand each in the case.
Earlier on May 24, the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Dilruba Afroz Tithi had placed them on eight-day remand.
A separate Dhaka court on May 23 set July 4 for submitting probe reports in the case. Dhaka 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 Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Police Station in Dhaka.
Anwarul, a three-time MP and also president of Kaliganj Upazila 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 where he was residing in Kolkata’s Borah Nagar area.
According to the Kolkata police sources, Anwarul was taken to a flat in New Town in Kolkata, where he was believed to be strangled to death and his body was cut into pieces.
