Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Additional Commissioner and Chief of the Detective Branch (DB), Mohammad Harun Or Rashid, has said Jhenaidah District Awami League General Secretary, Saidul Karim Mintu, will be interrogated regarding his knowledge about the murder of Awami League lawmaker of Jenaidah-4 Anwarul Azim Anar.

Mintu was placed on remand, and authorities will investigate whether he was a financier or an instigator of the murder, the DB chief said during a press conference at his office on Minto Road on Thursday afternoon.

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"We obtained some information from the statements of killers Shimul Bhuiyan and Gas Babu. Based on this, Mintu was detained and questioned, but he could not provide any answers. He needs to be questioned extensively. Therefore, we arrested him and handed him over to the court. Subsequently, the court granted an eight-day remand for Mintu," said Harun.

The DB Chief added that Mintu would be questioned about why his representative, Gas Babu, met with Shimul Bhuiyan after arriving in Dhaka. "We will ask if there was any monetary transaction related to the murder."

The Detective Branch (DB) of police detained Saidul Karim Mintu from the capital’s Dhanmondi area on June 11. He was later shown arrested in connection with the case.

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MP Anar went to Kolkata on May 11 for medical treatment and went missing on May 14 after leaving his flat in Kolkata. A case was filed on May 22 at the Sher-e-Banglanagar Police following a complaint lodged by the victim’s daughter, Mumtarin Ferdous Dorin.