Bengal: CBI names TMC MLA, 2 civic councilors in 2021 post-poll homicide case

This is the primary time the company has named TMC leaders within the case. A senior CBI official stated that Paresh Paul, TMC MLA from Beleghata in Kolkata, Swapan Samaddar, councillor of ward quantity 56 and Papiya Ghosh, councillor of ward 30 in Kolkata had been named within the supplementary chargesheet.

“CBI has filed second supplementary chargesheet in Abhijit Sarkar’s homicide case in opposition to 18 further accused individuals, together with one MLA and two councillors earlier than the extra chief judicial Justice of the Peace’s court docket in Sealdah on June 30,” the company stated in a press release on Wednesday.

Also named within the supplementary chargesheet are three police personnel, together with a woman police personnel, who had been posted in Narkeldanga police station in May 2021 when the BJP employee was murdered allegedly by TMC staff.

Hours after the outcomes of the 2021 meeting election had been introduced on May 2, 2021 and the ruling-TMC returned to energy within the state for the third time in a row, Sarkar was murdered allegedly by some TMC staff in Kolkata’s Narkeldanga space.

“A mob tied a tv wire round my brother’s neck and dragged him alongside the street. They smashed his head with a stone,” stated Biswasjit Sarkar, brother of the deceased.

“This chargesheet is nothing however a political leaflet. It has been filed below strain from the BJP because the meeting elections are coming. A chargesheet just isn’t the final word fact. This received’t stand within the court docket,” Kunal Ghosh, TMC chief informed the media.

Last week, CBI arrested Arun Dey, alias Bhai (brother), one of many prime accused within the case, after a search of 4 years.

The Kolkata Police’s detective division, which was initially probing into the homicide case, had filed its chargesheet on August 6, 2021. They had named 15 individuals. The names of Paul, Samaddar and Ghosh weren’t there within the police chargesheet.

Later, on August 19, 2021 the Calcutta excessive court docket ordered CBI to probe into the case. The federal company took over the case and filed a primary data report (FIR) on August 25, 2021. CBI filed a supplementary chargesheet on September 30, 2021 and named 20 individuals, together with the 15 individuals named within the chargesheet filed by the Kolkata Police.

“I don’t know something about this. So, I received’t remark,” Paul stated.

“This was ready to occur. There had been allegations that these leaders had incited TMC staff via their speeches,” stated Samik Bhattacharya, BJP Rajya Sabha member and spokesperson.