The way Member of Parliament (MP) from Jhenaidah-4 constituency Anwarul Azim (Anar) has been murdered in a Kolkata apartment sends shivers up and down one’s spine with the killers tearing the body apart separating flesh from the bones in their desperate attempt to hush up evidence.

The gruesome murder, which is nothing short of a movie story as described by the killers arrested in Dhaka, has made it almost impossible to find the MP’s dismembered remains, police said.

While talking to reporters at his Minto Road office in the capital on Thursday, Additional Commissioner (Detective Branch) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police Harun Or Rashid said they will try to find at least a single piece of the body with the help of West Bengal police.

He also described the plot of the murder and its execution as gleaned from three arrestees.

According to the DB chief, the murder of the MP was planned two months ago. Akhteruzzaman Shahin, who was a childhood friend of Anwarul Azim, was the mastermind.

Akhteruzzaman first planned to kill him in Bangladesh, but later changed the decision fearing that there might be danger.

To execute the plan, he hired a flat at New Town in Kolkata on 25 April. On 30 April, Aman Ullah whose real name is Shimul Bhuiyan, a senior leader of the Purba Banglar Communist Party, a woman named Shelesti Rahman and another person went to Kolkata and boarded the flat.

Two others -- Jakir alias Jihad and Siam -- also went to the flat.

On 10 May, mastermind Akhteruzzaman returned home from Kolkata after making all arrangements for the killing mission.

The killers knew that MP Azim would come to Kolkata on 12 May. After going to Kolkata on the day, the MP boarded the house of his friend Gopal Biswas.

The following day, he left the house to see a doctor. Later, one Faisal received the MP in a white car which was being driven by one Raza. Later, Aman got into the car.

Anwarul Azim, Aman and Faisal went to the flat around 2:51pm on 13 April. And one Mostafiz also went there.

Jihad and Siam were in the flat from earlier. They killed the MP within 30 minutes.

After the murder, one of the killers went outside with the mobile phone of Anwarul Azim and called different persons. Later, he returned to the flat.

Then, the killers peeled the flesh from the bones of the deceased and cut them into pieces.

A portion of the pieces of flesh and bones were stuffed into a grey suitcase. Aman and Siam went out of the flat with the suitcase where a car was waiting near a public toilet.

Siam got into the car with the suitcase while Aman returned to the flat.

The following day, the other portions of the body were stuffed into two polythene bags. Turmeric powder was applied to the flesh and bones so that there was no odor. Then two of the killers went outside with those.

On 15 May, Aman and the woman returned to Bangladesh. Mostafiz came back on 16 May while some others returned home later.

Mastermind Akhteruzzaman went to Delhi in India and from there he went to Kathmandu in Nepal.

Harun said they suspect that the mastermind, who is an expatriate living in the United States, went into hiding.

He said they arrested Aman and two others and gathered the information from them.

The DB chief said a team of the Bangladesh police might go to Kolkata for investigation.

A Kolkata police team also came to Bangladesh on Thursday. It visited the DB office around 6:45pm. The team held a meeting with the DB officers, said sources.

About the body recovery, Harun said they will try their best to find at least some pieces of the body.

About the motive behind the murder, he said they were working on the matter. “It might be related to business, local influence and something else.”

Asked about Aman alias Shimul Bhuiyan, the DB officer said he committed several murders in Khulna, Jashore and other parts earlier.

In the meantime, Kolkata police arrested two persons. Of them, one is Siam while another is car driver Raza alias Juber. The white car was also seized.

Sources said police are now interrogating the duo over the murder.

Meanwhile, Akhteruzzaman told a private television channel from the US that he was not involved in the murder.

He said he was in Bangladesh at the time of the incident.

Kolkata CID sources said Akhteruzzaman hired the killers for Tk5 crore.