BSS
  03 Jun 2024, 13:25

MP Anar killing: Arrest warrant issued against Siam

DHAKA, June 3, 2024 (BSS)- A Dhaka court on Sunday issued an arrest warrant
against M Siam Hossain, for allegedly abducting Anwarul Azim Anar, Member of
Parliament of Jhenaidah-4 Constituency to kill him in West Bengal, India.

Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Mahbubul Haque issued the
arrest warrant followed by an application of the investigating officer of the
case.

Siam, who is absconding in Nepal, is a resident of Borhanuddin upazila of
Bhola district.

The National Central Bureau (NCB) of Kathmandu Police was informed by the NCB
of Bangladesh Police, along with necessary information to arrest Siam and
bring him back.

Additional Commissioner of Police (Detective) Mohammad Harun-or Rashid left
Dhaka for Nepal on Saturday morning to investigate the murder case.

On May 12, Anwarul Azim Anar went to India for treatment. His family couldn't
communicate with him by any means two days after the lawmaker's reaching
Kolkata.

Later, his family members informed Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan.

Subsequently, Bangladesh Police communicated with Indian Police, and the
Indian Police confirmed that Anar was murdered in Kolkata.

On May 22, Anar's daughter Mumtahin Ferdous Dorin filed a case with Sher-e
Bangla Nagar thana of the capital.

The next day, police arrested - Syed Amanullah alias Shimul Bhuiyan, Faisal
Ali alias Tanvir Bhuiyan and Shilasti Rahman for having connection with the
murder.

The trio was remanded in two phases for eight and five days, each, on May 24
and May 31.