'Shimul for Shaheen's murder, Gas Babu for Mintu'

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Additional Commissioner (Detective) Mohammad Harun Or Rashid said that Shimul Bhuiyan worked for the mastermind Aktaruzzaman Shaheen in the murder of Parliamentarian Anwar Azim Anna and Relief and Social Welfare Secretary Kazi Kamal worked for Jhenaidah District Awami League General Secretary Saidul Karim Mintu. Ahmed Babu alias Gas Babu. Shimul spoke and met Babu several times before and after the murder.

He gave this information while talking to reporters at his office on Minto Road on Thursday (June 13) afternoon.

Mohammad Haroon Or Rasheed said that whether the arrested Mintu MP Anna was the financier and director of the murder, will be found out in the investigation.

Citing Shimul's answer, the DB chief said that Shimul contacted a leader of Bangladesh on the telephone a week before the murder of MP Anna. There is a transaction of two crore rupees. 20 lakhs and 1 crore 80 lakhs are supposed to be given between 26th and 29th after going to Bangladesh. Accordingly, on May 13, Anar was brutally killed and the body was buried, so that the police of any country would never find the body.

He said, after that the killers moved to Bangladesh. Shaheen moved to America and Siam to Nepal. Shimul Bhuiyan worked for Shaheen. Similarly, our analysis has revealed that Mintu gave responsibility to Babu. Accordingly, Babu met Shimul on May 6.

Referring to Babu's confession on remand, Harun said, Babu and Shimul talked, after the murder they met at Banga in Faridpur. There Shimul showed the picture to Babu. Shimul works for Shaheen, and Babu works for Mintu. We are speaking on the basis of data.

He said, I got some information in the deposition of Shimul Bhuiyan and Babu. For this reason, I called Mintu and questioned him. He could not answer. We feel that he needs to be interrogated extensively. That's why we arrested him and handed him over to the court. Later, the court granted remand to Mintu for eight days.

The DB chief said that Mintu's knowledge of the conversation between Babu and Shimul will be questioned on remand. If Mintu saw the picture of Anna's murder, why did he hide it from law enforcement? If Mintu knew about the murder from the 16th, why did we come to know about it on the 22nd? Why did he not tell anyone even after knowing so much - we want to know the answers to these questions.

He said that when Gas Babu was interrogated, he first told that he made GD because his mobile phone was lost. After that, during the interrogation, he said that on Mintu's advice, he handed over the mobile phones to Mintu and claimed to lose them at the police station.

Harun said that Gas Babu and Saidul Karim Mintu will be interrogated face to face. Details will be given later. If necessary, Shimul Bhuiyan will be remanded again.