Legal notice asks govt to halt media statements on MP Anar murder

A lawyer has sent a legal notice asking government officials to stop discussing the ongoing investigation of MP Anwarul Azim Anar’s murder case with the media in light of a High Court order to the effect.

Advocate Mohammad Shishir Monir sent the notice to the senior secretary of the Home Ministry’s Public Security Division, the inspector general of police, and the Dhaka Metropolitan Police commissioner on Wednesday, reports bdnews24.com.

The notice said that Jhenaidah-4 MP Anwarul Azim Anar went missing after going to India’s West Bengal for treatment. According to media reports, he was brutally killed, but his body has yet to be recovered.

The incident has created a public sensation and become a major topic of discussion with real-time updates disseminated through electronic, press, and social media, it said. The governments of Bangladesh and India are conducting investigations into the incident and treating it with the utmost importance while releasing official updates from time to time.