A Dhaka court on Friday granted an 8-day remand for three accused arrested in connection with the murder of Jhenaidah-4 MP Anwarul Azim Anar in India's Kolkata.
Metropolitan Magistrate Dilruba Afroz Tithi of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court granted the remand after the accused were produced before it with a prayer for a 10-day remand, said Mahfuzur Rahman, assistant police commissioner of DB.
The arrestees include Amanullah alias Shimul Bhuiyan, Celesty Rahman and Faisal Ali alias Saji.
Plot to kill MP Anar made 2-3 months ago: DB Chief
MP Anar went to Kolkata on May 11 for medical treatment and he remained untraced since May 14.
On Wednesday, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said the MP was brutally killed at a flat in New Town, near Kolkata.
A case was filed on Wednesday afternoon following the death of MP Anar.
West Bengal police looking earnestly for Anar's dismembered remains
The case was filed against unnamed persons with Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Police Station based on the complaint of Mumtarin Ferdous Dorin, daughter of MP Anar, said Abdul Ahad, officer-in-charge (OC) of the police station.
Chief of the Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Mohammad Harun-Or-Rashid on Thursday said West Bengal police are working to locate the missing body parts of slain MP Anwarul Azim Anar.
Besides, a three-member team of the Indian intelligence team reached Dhaka on Thursday to investigate the murder.
Investigation will reveal if MP Anar was involved in wrongdoing in India: Quader
On Thursday evening, they met the DB chief in his office at Bailey Road in the capital and discussed investigation related matters.