New Delhi, January 16
The Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to Kolkata industrialist
Ashok Todi and his brother Pradip Todi in connection with the Rizwanur
Rahman suicide case. The apex court told the Todis to surrender their
passports and not to move out of Kolkata without prior permission of
the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). They have also been
hindered from communicating or influencing witnesses connected with
the case.
Ashok Todi and his two relatives, Pradip Todi and Anil Saraogi,
Rizwanur’s family friend Pappu and three police officers --- former
Deputy Commissioner Ajoy Kumar, ACP Sukanti Chakraborty, sub-inspector
Krishnendu Das, have been accused of abetment to suicide, criminal
intimidation and conspiracy by the CBI in connection with the death of
Rizwanur.
Rizwanur’s body was found on the railway tracks between
Biddhanagar Road and Dum Dum Junctionn on September 21 last year,
almost a month after his marriage to Priyanka, Todi’s daughter.
Though the police was convinced that it was a suicide case,
Rizwanur’s family members were not convinced and moved to the
higher-level courts seeking a CBI inquiry. — ANI
