The Bangladeshi MP, who went missing in India on May 18, was found dead in Kolkata on Wednesday.

Anwarul Azim Anar, a member of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s party in Bangladesh, arrived in the capital of West Bengal on May 12. The news of his death was confirmed by Bangladeshi Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan.

The Kolkata Police launched a search operation after Anar was last seen on May 13 with his friends in Bidhannagar near Kolkata where he went for a medical check-up.

‘A planned murder’

Meanwhile, Khan, during a press conference in Dhaka, said that three people believed to be involved in the killing of the Bangladeshi ministers have been arrested.

“So far, we have come to know that all the killers involved are Bangladeshis. It was a planned murder,” the home minister said, adding that Bangladesh police officials are in contact touch with India as they try to determine the motive behind the alleged murder.

Dismembered body found in Kolkata

The Kolkata police said that the dismembered body of the Bangladeshi leader was found in Kolkata’s Newtown area.

A deputy police commissioner of Kolkata Police said, “His body was cut into pieces, and some of the body parts were recovered from a flat of Sanjeeva Garden in Kolkata’s New Town,” adding that the body was recovered eight days after Anar went missing.

How did the case unfold?

Anar’s disappearance came to notice after he went incommunicado a day after he arrived in India.

A family friend of the MP said that Anar was due to visit Delhi which he had communicated to his family via text messages.

However, the Bangladeshi leader became unreachable, stoking fears among family members. Upon Anar’s daughter’s request, the family friend lodged a missing person complaint at the Baranagar police station.

“On the morning of May 16, he (Anwarul Azim) called his assistant, but could not connect. Later, when his PA called him back, he did not answer,” according to the complaint dated May 18, 2024.

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Missing Bangladesh MP found dead in Kolkata with body chopped into pieces