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Former CPI-M MP arrested in Nandigram case
Saturday March 17, 2012 07:28:58 PM,
IANS
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Kolkata:
Former Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Lok Sabha member
Laxman Seth and two of his associates were arrested in Mumbai
Saturday in connection with the violent incidents in Nandigram in
West Bengal's East Midnapore district in 2007, police here said.
The arrests were made by a team of officials from the Crime
Investigation Department (CID), who had been sent to Chembur in
Mumbai after a tip-off that Seth and his comrades were hiding
there. The three were nabbed from a guest house, Shyam Nivas.
"Seth and two other CPI-M leaders Ashok Guriya and Amiya Sahoo
were arrested from Mumbai today (Saturday). We are trying to
produce them in court and seek transit remand for bringing them to
West Bengal," state Criminal Investigation Department Deputy
Inspector General (Operations) K. Jayaraman told IANS.
Later in the day, the accused were produced before the court of
Additional Chief Magistrate, Kurla. "The transit remand has been
allowed and they have to be produced before a lower court in
Haldia (of East Midnapore district) by March 22," Jayaraman said.
With this, 20 persons have been arrested in the case so far.
The case relates to the disappearance of seven villagers after a
clash between the CPI-M and Trinamool Congress in November 2007.
Seth, a former MP of Tamluk - which includes Nandigram - and his
two comrades are among the 88 persons named in the charge sheet
filed Jan 30 in relation to the death of six villagers and
disappearance of seven others who had gone missing after armed
clashes in Nandigram in November 2007.
"There are various charges against the three including murder,
conspiracy, rioting, cheating, forgery and also tampering of
evidence. They have also been charged under the Arms Act,"
Jayaraman told mediapersons.
Angry over the arrests, the CPI-M said its leaders were being
framed by the West Bengal government of chief minister Mamata
Banerjee in false cases and promised to provide legal help to the
three.
CPI-M state secretary Biman Bose said the trio will be provided
legal assistance.
"Law will take its own course. There are a lot of cooked up cases.
The nature of this case will be determined through the legal
process. We will definitely provide legal help," he said.
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