Legal experts termed the Calcutta High Court’s recent decision as ‘unusual’.Calcutta High Court has asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe the Rizwanur Rahaman case from the start based on his brother Rukbanur’s original police complaint. The Calcutta High Court rejected every investigation conducted over three years.
On Sept 21,2007,a body of a young man found dead near railway tracknear Calcutta in the state of westbengal after accusing his rich inlaws of threatening him, provoked a mob attack on police and cars in Parkcircus in calcutta, a muslim dominated area(Sept 22) .Hours earlier,Rizwanur Rehman’s family and the local citizens committe in Tiljala had filed seperate camplants with Karaya police Station demanding a probe into the role of his father-in-law,businessman Ashok Todi,in the mysterious death.Rizwanur, 30, was found dead between Dumdum and Bidhannagar Road railway station.The body covered with injury marksand head smashed a month after marring Tody’s daughter against her families wishes. The youth had accused lalbazar,police head quarter of calcutta police of pressuring her wife to return to her father and threating to arrest Rizwanur for kidnapping if she didn’t ,according to his family and an NGO whose help he had sought.Accdording to the Assocation for Protection of Democratic Rights,Rizwanur’s complaint says that Assistant Commisssioner(antirowdy section) Sukanti Chakrabortyand deputy commissioner(headquarter) Gywant Singh had tried persuation Later City Detective Chief Ajay Kumar issued the arrest threat on September prompting the girl to go back for seven days to Todi’s Saltlake home from where she never returned.
23september:Police Commissioner Prasun Mukherjee stormed out of a media conference unable to answer questions about his force’s interference in the marital life of Rizwanur (30) and Priyanks Todi(23) .He declaredd that Rizwanur committed sucide though the post-morterm report has not yet been made public.Communist party of India (marxist)state secretary Biman Bose tried to defend that couple had a registered marriage.According to Rizwanur’s family ,Singh ,Kumar and other police officer summoned Rizwanur and his wife Priyanka thrice in Lalbazar in less than two weeks
24 september:Chief minister of West Bengal Buddhadeb Bhattacharya on Monday summoned Police Commissioner prasun mukherjee in Writers Building and repeadtedly rapped him for his comments on the Priyanka Todi -Rizwanur Rahman case.Soon after the meeting Bhattacharya order a CID(criminal Investigation Department) probe into Rizwanur’s death.
25 september:Top police officer of West Bengal police was aware of the threats issued by the anti-rowdysquad (ARS) of the city force to Sadique Hussian a witness to the marriage of Rizwanur amd Priyanka Todi .Sadique has complained that an ARS sub inspector Krishnendu Das had threated him over the phone and urged him to say that Rizwanur had married priyanka against her will Sadique has also assuced another ARS officer Assistant Commissioner Sukanti Chakrabarty of threating him.The apax court has earlier asked the Police to protect adult couples if their families are against the marriage.
26september:Rizwanur Rahman’s uncle told a public meeting that some Left Front leaders had offered the family money to hush up the Youth’s death.
27september:Chief Minister announced a judicial probe into the death of Rizwanur Rahaman,saying the money power and communal angles to be investigated.
28september:Priyanka Todi has told Insvestigators that she still loved Rizwanur and could not believe he could leave her by herself.Priyanka daughter of bussinessman Ashok Todi also confirmed Rizwanur’s complant that the couple were under pressure from her family and senior police officers.CID officials who visited the Todi residence at saltlake recorded her statement for over three hours.According to her father broke the news of Rizwanur’s death to her on september 21the day his body was discovered .Priyanka told the sleuths that her father came to Rizwanur’s Tiljala lane house on August 31hours after she left her parents and informed them of her marriage .In here statement priyanka’s said she agreed to meet her father after hearing that he was ill and left thee Tiljala home on september 8.
29 september: Two police officials accused of pressuring Rizwanur rahman to end his marriage with priyanka todi told the CID today they were only following instructions from their superiors.
30 september: The CID questionedAsok Todi,RizwanurRahman’s father -in-law for the second time on sunday about the discrepencies in his statements and that of his brother and a few senior officers of the city.Todi was earlier grilled on thursday six days after Rizwanur was found dead on railway tracks near Bidhannagar .The sleuths decided to summon Todi for the second time after grilling tow anti rowdy squad(ARS) officers .Home Secretary Prasad Ranjan Roy asserted that police Connisswioner the deputy commissioner of police(headquarters) Gyanwant Singh and the deputy commissioner of police (detective department ) Ajoy Kumar summoned be the CID in connection with the death.
Later CBI took over the case.But eventually said that he committed suicide,and charged his father-in-law,bussiness magnate Ashok Todi and six other including three police officers,with abetment to suicid.A special court in Calcutta took cognisance of the CBI chargesheets in the Rizwanur case on Monday(22 sept.) and issued summons to the seven accused.But his family still believes that he was murdered.
The youth had accused lalbazar,police head quarter of calcutta police of pressuring her wife to return to her father and threating to arrest Rizwanur for kidnapping if she didn’t ,according to his family and an NGO whose help he had sought.Accdording to the Assocation for Protection of Democratic Rights,Rizwanur’s complaint says that Assistant Commisssioner(antirowdy section) Sukanti Chakrabortyand deputy commissioner(headquarter) Gywant Singh had tried persuation Later City Detective Chief Ajay Kumar issued the arrest threat on September prompting the girl to go back for seven days to Todi’s Saltlake home from where she never returned.
23september:Police Commissioner Prasun Mukherjee stormed out of a media conference unable to answer questions about his force’s interference in the marital life of Rizwanur (30) and Priyanks Todi(23) .He declaredd that Rizwanur committed sucide though the post-morterm report has not yet been made public.Communist party of India (marxist)state secretary Biman Bose tried to defend that couple had a registered marriage.According to Rizwanur’s family ,Singh ,Kumar and other police officer summoned Rizwanur and his wife Priyanka thrice in Lalbazar in less than two weeks
24 september:Chief minister of West Bengal Buddhadeb Bhattacharya on Monday summoned Police Commissioner prasun mukherjee in Writers Building and repeadtedly rapped him for his comments on the Priyanka Todi -Rizwanur Rahman case.Soon after the meeting Bhattacharya order a CID(criminal Investigation Department) probe into Rizwanur’s death.
25 september:Top police officer of West Bengal police was aware of the threats issued by the anti-rowdysquad (ARS) of the city force to Sadique Hussian a witness to the marriage of Rizwanur amd Priyanka Todi .Sadique has complained that an ARS sub inspector Krishnendu Das had threated him over the phone and urged him to say that Rizwanur had married priyanka against her will Sadique has also assuced another ARS officer Assistant Commissioner Sukanti Chakrabarty of threating him.The apax court has earlier asked the Police to protect adult couples if their families are against the marriage.
26september:Rizwanur Rahman’s uncle told a public meeting that some Left Front leaders had offered the family money to hush up the Youth’s death.
27september:Chief Minister announced a judicial probe into the death of Rizwanur Rahaman,saying the money power and communal angles to be investigated.
28september:Priyanka Todi has told Insvestigators that she still loved Rizwanur and could not believe he could leave her by herself.Priyanka daughter of bussinessman Ashok Todi also confirmed Rizwanur’s complant that the couple were under pressure from her family and senior police officers.CID officials who visited the Todi residence at saltlake recorded her statement for over three hours.According to her father broke the news of Rizwanur’s death to her on september 21the day his body was discovered .Priyanka told the sleuths that her father came to Rizwanur’s Tiljala lane house on August 31hours after she left her parents and informed them of her marriage .In here statement priyanka’s said she agreed to meet her father after hearing that he was ill and left thee Tiljala home on september 8.
29 september: Two police officials accused of pressuring Rizwanur rahman to end his marriage with priyanka todi told the CID today they were only following instructions from their superiors.
30 september: The CID questionedAsok Todi,RizwanurRahman’s father -in-law for the second time on sunday about the discrepencies in his statements and that of his brother and a few senior officers of the city.Todi was earlier grilled on thursday six days after Rizwanur was found dead on railway tracks near Bidhannagar .The sleuths decided to summon Todi for the second time after grilling tow anti rowdy squad(ARS) officers .Home Secretary Prasad Ranjan Roy asserted that police Connisswioner the deputy commissioner of police(headquarters) Gyanwant Singh and the deputy commissioner of police (detective department ) Ajoy Kumar summoned be the CID in connection with the death.
Later CBI took over the case.But eventually said that he committed suicide,and charged his father-in-law,bussiness magnate Ashok Todi and six other including three police officers,with abetment to suicid.A special court in Calcutta took cognisance of the CBI chargesheets in the Rizwanur case on Monday(22 sept.) and issued summons to the seven accused.But his family still believes that he was murdered