Kolkata, Jan 20 (IANS) The Supreme Court has directed the Rajganj Block Development Officer (BDO) Prashant Barman to surrender in connection with the case of the abduction and murder of gold merchant Swapan Kamilya at Salt Lake’s Dattabad in Kolkata. Within 24 hours of the apex court’s order, Prashant Barman was removed from his post as the Rajganj BDO in Jalpaiguri district in West Bengal. At the same time, the West Bengal government on Tuesday appointed Saurav Kanti Mandal as the new Rajganj B…
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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…