Updated On: 25 May, 2024 08:33 AM IST | Kolkata | Agencies
CID nabs butcher who confessed to dismembering MP’s body; Rs 5 crore paid for horrific crime

An accused being produced at a local court. Pic/PTI
The West Bengal CID arrested one person from the state’s Bongaon area in North 24 Parganas district for his alleged involvement in the “murder” of Bangladesh MP Anwarul Azim Anar, an officer said on Friday. The man, a butcher by profession, has admitted during interrogation that he had helped the other accused in chopping the victim’s body before disposing the parts, the officer claimed.
Bengal Police confirmed the murder the Anar, an Awami League MP from Jhenaidah-4 segment in Bangladesh, on Wednesday after the victim went missing from Kolkata on May 13. State CID sleuths on Friday took the arrested person to the Bhangar area where the chopped body parts were put in plastic bags and scattered across different places, he said.