MP Azim murder: West Bengal CID arrests 'butcher' Jihad
The West Bengal Criminal Investigation Department (CID) today apprehended a Bangladeshi national, who was working as a butcher in Mumbai, in Kolkata in connection with the murder of MP Anwar Azim Anar.
The CID identified the arrestee as 24-year-old Jihad Hawladar, a resident of Barakpur in Khulna, and said he confessed to killing the lawmaker along with four other Bangladeshi nationals.
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The accused dismembered the MP's body in a bid to hide his identity, the CID said.
Hawladar was brought to Kolkata two months ago at the behest of Mohammad Akhtaruzzaman, a US citizen of Bangladeshi origin, the alleged mastermind of the MP's murder, the CID said.
CID sources said Hawladar was staying illegally in Mumbai. He will be produced before a court in Barasat, West Bengal, and taken into police custody to verify his statement.
The MP's body is yet to be found.
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