Kolkata: The West Bengal Director General of Police (DGP) GMP Reddy on Thursday gave a clean chit to Birbhum district Trinamool Congress leaders Anubrata Mondal and Bikash Roy Chowdhury in the Sagar Ghosh murder case.
The DGP appeared before the Calcutta High Court and defended the Special Investigative Team (SIT) move to submit the chargesheet before a lower court.
The DGP told the court that he was aware of the details of the SIT investigation and was satisfied with that. The SIT was constituted by the high court under the supervision of the DGP following a writ petition which alleged police inaction in the Sagar Ghosh murder case.
Ghosh, an independent candidate for 2013 state panchayat polls, was murdered allegedly by Trinamool activists three days after Mondal urged his supporters from a public platform to attack independent candidates and bomb the police if they came in the way. The DGP informed the high court that the SIT found no connection between Mondal's speech and Ghosh's murder. He explained the court that there are inconsistencies in the various versions of the complainant.
The DGP said that the state police have nearly wrapped up its investigation on a separate case against Anubrata Mondal in connection with his speech and will file chargesheet soon
He also told the court that the SIT submitted chargesheet before a lower court instead of the Calcutta High Court without leave of the latter as per legal advice provided to him.
The chargesheet had exonerated Mondal and Roy Chowdhury, both of who were named in the FIR.
Forty one people were named in the FIR which was lodged by Sagar Ghosh's relatives with Mondal topping the list of the accused although a previous complaint did not name him.
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