Staff Correspondent:

Mumtarin Ferdous Dorin, daughter of slain ruling party lawmaker Anwarul Azim Anar of Jhenidah-4 constituency, has said the killers have made her an orphan by killing her father.

“Who did this and why? I want to see the killers of my father, I want their death penalty by hanging,” she said in an instant reaction at Detective Branch (DB) office premises at Minto Road in the capital on Wednesday (May 22).

Dorin said: “I’ve no brother. We’re just two sisters. My elder sister is a doctor and I study LLB under University of London. I myself have come here. I’m getting a lot of information as the DB police is looking into the matter ‘sincerely.’ We don’t doubt anyone else. But, I want to see those who killed my father.”

She further said,” I’ve learnt that my father was murdered. Hearing it, I’ve come to the DB chief. They’ve already arrested three people. I’ll file a case. I’ve talked to the Prime Minister, DMP Commissioner and DB chief. All of them have assured me. the DB is looking into the matter sincerely.”

Dorin, who often had burst into tears while giving her reactions to reporters, said, “Today, I have become an orphan. If someone doesn’t have father, he or she doesn’t have anyone else. At this time, she sought the prime minister’s intervention seeking the justice into the murder of her father.

Anwarul Azim Anar MP went West Bengal of India for treatment on May 12 last. He went missing after telling his family over phone that he was going to Delhi. The blood-stained body of Anar was recovered from Sanjiva Garden at New Town in Bidhan Nagar of West Bengal on Wednesday (May 22) by New Town’s TechnoCity Police Station’s police.

A three-time MP from Jhenidah-4 constituency, Anwarul Azim was the president of Kaliganj Upazila Awami League in Jhenidah district. He had to go into hiding a long time for political reasons.

“My father had to go into hiding as long as 14 years after being implicated in various false cases. I was very little at that time. I didn’t get my father at that time. When I started understanding, I found my father among us. Now, I have lost him forever,” said Dorin.

It is to be mentioned that, Indian police recovered the body of Awami League (AL) lawmaker of Jenaidah-4 constituency Anwarul Azim Anar, who was reportedly missing since last week, from a New Town area flat in Kolkata.

“The body of Anwarul Azim Anar was recovered by Indian police from Sonjiva Garden at New Town of Kolkata,” said his personal assistant (PS) Abdur Rauf quoting Kolkata police.

“The three-time MP went to India on May 12 on a personal visit to receive treatment. But, he was untraced after May 16,” he added.

Later, a general diary about his disappearance was filed with Baranagar Police Station in North Kolkata on May 18.