Kolkata, June 4 (IANS) A single-judge vacation bench of the Calcutta High Court has directed West Bengal Police to take necessary legal action against Prashant Barman, the absconding former BDO of Raiganj Block in North Dinajpur district, within the next 10 days.Barman is an accused in the case of the abduction and murder of gold merchant Swapan Kamilya last year.Although the single-judge vacation bench of Justice Apurba Sinha Roy passed this order on Wednesday evening, the copy of the order was…
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Kolkata, May 27 (IANS) West Bengal Minister Dilip Ghosh on Wednesday lashed out at a section of the state police after Prashant Barman, the former BDO of Raiganj Block in North Dinajpur district, who is an accused in the abduction-murder of gold merchant Swapan Kamilya, was granted bail by a district court.Barman had been absconding since last year and secured bail on Tuesday night as the investigating officers failed to furnish the necessary documents related to the abduction-cum-murder case to…
Kolkata, May 26 (IANS) Prashant Barman, the absconding former BDO of Raiganj Block in North Dinajpur district of West Bengal, accused in the case of the abduction and murder of gold merchant Swapan Kamilya was granted bail by a district court on Tuesday as the investigating officers failed to furnish the necessary documents related to the abduction-cum-murder case to the court. Barman’s arrest, which happened in New Town on the northern outskirts of Kolkata around midnight on Monday, was coinc…
Kolkata, May 26 (IANS) Even after his arrest, former Block Development Officer (BDO) Prashant Barman allegedly tried to assert his influence and misbehaved with police personnel through the night, officials said on Tuesday.Barman, accused in the abduction and murder of gold trader Swapan Kamilya at Salt Lake’s Dattabad last year and on the run, was arrested around midnight on Monday in New Town on the outskirts of Kolkata in what police described as a coincidental development.According to poli…
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 …
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…
Kolkata, Dec 26 (IANS) Bidhannagar City Police on Friday issued an arrest warrant against Raiganj Block Development Officer (BDO) Prashant Barman, who is accused in the murder of gold trader Swapan Kamilya in the Dattabad area of Salt Lake.The arrest warrant was issued following a development in which a single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court, on December 22, rejected Barman’s anticipatory bail plea and directed him to surrender before the Bidhannagar Court within 72 hours.As the 72-hour…
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…