Kazi Kamal Ahmed Babu, alias Gas Babu, one of the accused of MP Anwarul Azim Anar murder case, has been transferred from Kashimpur Central Jail to Jhenaidah District Jail.
He was transported to Jhenaidah Central Jail under tight security in a prison van of Gazipur Metropolitan Police (GMP) at around 4pm on Tuesday.
Jhenaidah District Jail Superintendent Mahiuddin Haider confirmed the information.
It is reported that during the transfer, stringent security measures were ensured in various locations of Jhenaidah district town.
A police source indicated that on Wednesday, an operation may be conducted to recover his mobile phone and other evidence.
Notably, Kazi Kamal Ahmed Babu, alias Gas Babu, is accused as a prime suspect in the murder case of MP Anwarul Azim Anar. The police are giving utmost importance to the investigation and recovery of evidence in this case.
A Dhaka court on Monday rejected the remand petition for Awami League leader Kazi Kamal Ahmed alias Gas Babu, arrested in the case filed over the murder of Jhenaidah-4 MP Anwarul Azim Anar.
Keraniganj jail super has been ordered to send Gas Babu to Jhenaidah Central Jail within 10 working days.
The court also ordered a drive led by the Jhenaidah judicial magistrate to recover three mobile phones used by Babu.
On June 6, a team from Dhaka Metropolitan Police detained Babu from Adarshapara of Jhenaidah city. Later, he was shown arrested in the case.
On June 9, the court approved a seven-day remand for accused Babu. During the remand, Babu agreed to make a voluntary confession. The case investigator, Assistant Commissioner Mahfuzur Rahman of the Detective Branch, applied to have his statement recorded.
On June 14, Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Jasim recorded his statement, after which he was sent to jail.
According to related sources, the name of Kazi Kamal alias Gas Babu came up in the statement of Shimul Bhuiyan under Section 164. Bhuiyan is one of the accused in the case, a once extremist terrorist of Khulna region.
Shimul was contacted by Babu via WhatsApp. After the killing of Anar, the killers stripped him of his clothes and took pictures. The photos were sent to Babu's WhatsApp messenger.
The Jhenaidah-4 MP 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 had gone to Delhi instead and would call if necessary.
After that, he could not be reached by phone. Eventually, the government confirmed his death on May 22, citing Indian police.
