Kolkata, Feb 5 (IANS) Questions have been raised over the police investigation into the murder of gold merchant Swapan Kamilya after the name of former Rajganj BDO Prashant Barman, alleged to be the main accused, was not included in the charge sheet submitted to the Bidhannagar court. Kamilya was allegedly kidnapped on October 28 last year, and his body was recovered from a canal bank in Jatragachi under the New Town police station the following day. The charge sheet, filed after 90 days, names …
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Kolkata, Dec 25 (IANS) Rajganj Block Development Officer (BDO) Prashant Barman has now approached the Supreme Court, challenging the Calcutta High Court’s order, which cancelled his anticipatory bail in the murder case of a gold trader in Salt Lake’s Duttabad area. On Monday, the Calcutta High Court rejected his anticipatory bail application, which was granted to him by a lower court, and ordered him to surrender within 72 hours. The BDO challenged this order in the Supreme Court yesterday, sour…
Kolkata, Dec 22 (IANS) The Calcutta High Court on Monday rejected the anticipatory bail plea of Rajganj Block Development Officer (BDO) Prashant Barman, accused in the murder of gold trader Swapan Kamilya in Salt Lake’s Dattabad area. Justice Tirthankar Ghosh directed Barman to surrender before the Bidhannagar Court within 72 hours.The High Court also criticised the Barasat Court for granting anticipatory bail last month, observing that the lower court had ignored crucial evidence and failed t…