CBI information FIR in 11-year-old TMC chief’s homicide case

By PTI

KOLKATA: The Central Bureau of Investigation on Monday registered an FIR in reference to its probe into the 11-year-old homicide case of TMC chief Tapan Dutta, an official of the central company mentioned.

The transfer got here after the Calcutta High Court directed that the investigation into the case be transferred to the CBI from the state CID.

Soon after getting the paperwork and the copies of the FIR from the state CID, the CBI filed the case underneath varied sections of the IPC, the official mentioned.

Dutta was shot lifeless in 2011 for allegedly talking up towards unlawful landfilling and building in Howrah.

In his judgement final month, Justice Rajasekhar Mantha noticed {that a} truthful and efficient investigation could certainly open a can of worms or expose any seemingly position of influential individuals.

He had dominated that the CBI could, in its discretion, conduct additional investigation, because it deems obligatory.

Petitioner Protima Dutta, the spouse of the deceased, had moved the excessive court docket in search of switch of investigation to an impartial company.

The court docket famous that Dutta, who was a distinguished member of the ruling TMC, had began agitation towards unlawful filling up of water our bodies within the Bally-Jagacha space in Howrah.

The petitioner had named a number of individuals, together with state minister Arup Roy, for allegedly being liable for the demise of her husband, the court docket famous. However, expenses have been framed solely towards a few of them.

The investigation was previously transferred by the state authorities from the Bally Police Station to the CID.

The periods court docket in Howrah, in its judgement on January 7, 2015, had acquitted 5 accused individuals within the case, stating that it discovered the method of investigation dissatisfactory.