Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Habibur Rahman has said there is no interference or political pressure in the investigation into the murder case of Jhenaidah-4 MP Anwarul Azim Anar.
“The case investigation is progressing properly,” he said to journalists after a meeting at DMP headquarters on Mintu Road on Saturday.
When asked if there is any pressure regarding the arrest of several leaders from the Jhenaidah District Awami League in the Anar murder case, the commissioner said that there is no interference in the investigation, which is being carried out independently.
Anwarul Azim Anar, a lawmaker from the ruling Awami League, crossed the Darshana-Gede border into India for treatment on May 12. He stayed at his friend Gopal Biswas’s home in North 24 Parganas, West Bengal.
The following day, he left to see a doctor at around noon and was expected to return in the evening. However, a WhatsApp message from his phone to Biswas said that he had gone to Delhi instead and would call if necessary.
Since then, he could not be reached by phone. Eventually, the Bangladesh government confirmed his death on May 22, citing Indian police.