A Dhaka court on Thursday placed Jhenaidah district Awami League (AL) general secretary Saidul Karim Mintu on an eight-day remand in a case filed over the abduction and murder of Awami League lawmaker of Jenaidah-4 Anwarul Azim Anar.

Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Tofazzal Hossain passed the order following a petition of a 10-day remand by investigation officer Assistant Commissioner Mahfuzur Rahman, reports UNB. 

Later, he was shown arrested in the case.

MP Anar went to Kolkata on May 11 for medical treatment and went missing on May 14 after leaving the flat in Kolkata.

A case was filed on May 22 with the capital’s Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Police following a complaint lodged by the victim’s daughter Mumtarin Ferdous Dorin.

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