India has announced that their government is providing full support to Bangladesh in the ongoing investigation into the reported murder of Jhenaidah-4 MP Anwarul Azim Anar.
"From our side, the government is extending full support to the Bangladesh side as part of the ongoing investigation into the matter," official spokesperson at the Indian Ministry of External Affairs Randhir Jaiswal told reporters in a weekly briefing in New Delhi on Thursday.
He said this particular case is "being investigated" and law enforcement agencies from both Bangladesh and India are coordinating and necessary information is being exchanged.
Meanwhile, Bangladesh police have sought cooperation from India to bring back Aktaruzzaman Shaheen, the alleged mastermind behind the reported murder of Anar, from the United States (US) through Interpol.
The Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) chief Additional Commissioner Harunor Rashid said this to reporters at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport after returning from Kolkata on Thursday.
Anar 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 district of West Bengal.
The following day, he left to see a doctor at noon and was expected to return in the evening. However, a WhatsApp message from his phone to Biswas stated that he went to Delhi instead and would call if necessary.
Since then, he could not be reached by phone.
Eventually, the government confirmed his death on May 22, citing Indian police.
Meanwhile, West Bengal CID recovered around 4kg of flesh and human hair in a septic tank at Sanjeeva Garden of Kolkata on Tuesday. They believe this flesh belongs to the deceased MP Anwarul Azim.