Detectives of Dhaka Metropolitan Police on Wednesday arrested two more suspects at a Kali temple in a remote hilly area of Khagrachari in connection with the murder of ruling Awami League lawmaker Anwarul Azim Anar.
The suspects, Md Mostafizur Rahman and Foysal Sahaji, were arrested during a drive by a team of DMP鈥檚 detective branch, led by DB chief Harun-or-Rashid.
The team carried out the drive during the day and returned to Dhaka by helicopter with the suspects in the evening.
Mostafizur and Foysal were the main associates of Shimul Bhuiyan, who was earlier arrested in the case of killing the lawmaker from Jhenaidah-4 constituency, Harun-or-Rashid told reporters after arresting the duo.
He said that the duo confessed to their crime as soon as they were arrested, but they would be interrogated again for further investigation.
鈥楾hey stayed in a Kali temple in the hilly area for 23 days using two Hindu names -- Palash Roy and Shimul Roy,鈥� he said.
He said that Mostafizur and Foysal told local people that they wanted to stay with 鈥楰ali Mata鈥� and that they would not leave the temple.
鈥楧B succeeded in arresting all seven people involved in the 鈥淜illing Mission鈥�,鈥� added the DB chief.
Mostafiz and Foysal went to Kolkata before Anwarul鈥檚 arrival in India and returned home on May 19, he said, adding that they were paid Tk 30,000 each for their involvement in the murder.
Harun said that now their main goal was to arrest the mastermind and other people behind the murder.
Earlier on Wednesday morning, the DB team including Harun went to Jhenaidah for recovering three mobile phones of AL鈥檚 Jhenaidah district unit leader, Qazi Kamal Ahmed Babu, who was earlier arrested in connection with the murder.
Additional superintendent of police (Sadar Circle) Mir Abidur Rahman confirmed the news.
Officials involved in the investigation said that they went to Jhenaidah but could not recover any of Babu鈥檚 three mobile phones.
Babu, the relief and social welfare secretary for Jhenaidah district unit of AL, was shifted to the district jail from Kashimpur Central Jail Tuesday afternoon.
So far, seven people have been arrested in Bangladesh and two in India and Nepal in connection with the murder.
Two of the arrested ones in Bangladesh are leaders of the Jhenaidah district unit of AL.
Lawmaker Anwarul鈥檚 daughter Mumtarin Ferdous Dorin filed a case on May 22 with the capital鈥檚 Sher-e-Bangla Nagar police, alleging that her father was abducted with the intent to murder.
Jhenaidah-4 lawmaker Anwarul Azim Anar went to India for medical treatment on May 11 and went missing on May 13.
On May 22, detectives in Kolkata confirmed that he was murdered.
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, around 15 kilometers 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 kilograms of flesh, suspected to be of Anwarul鈥檚, from a septic tank of Sanjeeva Gardens in Kolkata.
