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Court orders CBI probe into Bengal custodial death
Monday May 13, 2013 02:39:20 PM,
IANS
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Kolkata: In a jolt to
the Mamata Banerjee government, the Calcutta High Court here
Monday ordered the CBI to take over the probe into a Trinamool
Congress worker's death allegedly in the custody of West Bengal
Police.
Kazi Naseeruddin died in the custody of Dhaniakhali police station
in Hooghly district Jan 19, after he was arrested the previous
night.
A bench of Chief Justice Arun Mishra and Justice J.M. Bagchi
directed the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the state
police to hand over the case files to the Central Bureau of
Investigation (CBI) within seven days.
A public interest litigation was filed in the court for the same.
It was alleged that Naseeruddin's death was a "pre-planned"
political murder. Congress leader Abdul Mannan had claimed that
Naseeruddin had been in touch with the Congress to switch over to
the party.
Naseeruddin was found lying dead outside the police station, which
led to his supporters attacking the police station.
Following a complaint by Naseeruddin's wife Manoja Bibi, the CID
which was investigating the case arrested three policemen.
Immediately after the incident, Trinamool legislator from the
area, Ashima Patra had given a clean chit to the police saying the
"death was due to natural causes".
Mannan accused the ruling Trinamool Congress of colluding with the
police to hush up the matter.
The West Bengal Human Rights Commission (WBHRC) had ordered the
state director general of police to conduct an inquiry into the
incident.
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