A forensic report confirmed that dismembered body parts recovered during West Bengal Criminal Investigation Department鈥檚 investigation into the murder of former Awami League lawmaker Anwarul Azim Anar, belonged to the slain lawmaker, Hindustan Times reported on Thursday.
Seven months after he went missing in Kolkata, the confirmation came after Anwarul鈥檚 youngest daughter Mumtarin Ferdous Dorin had submitted her DNA sample to the Kolkata Police past month.
Quoting a senior CID official, Hindustan Times reported that DNA reports confirmed that the flesh and bones, recovered from the banks of a canal and a Kolkata flat, were that of the Jhenaidah 4 lawmaker.
Investigation revealed that Anwarul was allegedly murdered in a flat in New Town on May 13.
On June 9, the CID in West Bengal recovered some bones, suspected to be of Anwarul鈥檚, from a spot on the bank of a canal near Polerhat in North 24 Parganas, about 15 kilometres away from the New Town apartment where Anar was reportedly murdered and his body was dismembered, according to Indian media reports.
On May 28, the Kolkata CID recovered four kilogrammes of flesh, suspected to be of Anwarul鈥檚 from a septic tank of Sanjeeva Gardens in Kolkata.
Earlier on May 22, detectives in Kolkata confirmed that he was murdered.
Dorin filed a case on the same day with the capital鈥檚 Sher-e-Bangla Nagar police, alleging that her father was abducted with intent to murder.
Anwarul Azim Anar went to India for medical treatment on May 11 and went missing on May 13.
At least seven people have been arrested in Bangladesh, and two in India and Nepal in connection with the murder.
