Kolkata: Bangladesh Police will conduct DNA test of the blood sample found in a flat in New Town and match it with the blood sample of one of the relatives of Bangladesh MP Anwarul Azim Anar to confirm that the politician was murdered, an official said. Was done. Said on Tuesday.

It is suspected that Anar, who was missing for a fortnight, was murdered in the same flat and his body parts were thrown into the canal.

A Dhaka Police official, who came to Kolkata in connection with the investigation, said that if the body parts of the Awami League MP could not be found, then DNA test would be conducted as the last option.

"If the body parts are not found, we will conduct DNA tests on blood samples and match the results with the DNA of a member of Anar's family to establish identity and initiate a case as per the law," the office said. " ,

A three-member team of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police's detective branch is in the city to investigate Anar's death.The team is led by Detective Branch Chief Mohammad Harun-Ya-Rashid.

Kolkata Police's disaster management team on Tuesday resumed searches in the Bagjola canal adjacent to an amusement park near Rajarhat, an official said.

However, Kolkata Police officials said finding the body parts would be a tough task due to heavy rains following Cyclone Ramal on Monday.

“It has been more than a fortnight since the crime was committed. The body parts were cut into small pieces and there was a high possibility that they might have been eaten by aquatic animals.There is dirty water in the Baghjola canal and body parts can be swept away by the flow,” the police officer said.

Divers have been deployed to recover the body parts as well as murder instruments from the canal, he said.

He said, believing that blood had flowed from the bathroom of the flat where the Bangladeshi ruling party MLA was suspected of being murdered, the team of police officers was testing the drain pipes.

The search for the missing MP, who had reportedly arrived in Kolkata on May 12 to seek treatment, began after Gopal Biswas, a resident of Baranagar in north Kolkata and an acquaintance of the Bangladeshi politician, lodged a complaint with the local police on May 18.

On arrival, Anar stayed at Biswas's house.In his complaint, Biswas said that Anar had left his Baranagar residence for a doctor's appointment on the afternoon of May 13 and he would return home for dinner.

Biswas claimed that the Bangladesh MP was not contacted on May 17, prompting him to file a missing complaint a day later.