The Central Bureau of India (CBI) has taken the statement of Facebook Live video made before the death of BJP worker Abhijit Sarkar, who was killed in Narkeldanga police station area of Kolkata, as a statement of death.
The CBI will send Abhijeet’s mobile phone to a central forensic lab to verify the authenticity of the video and call recordings.
The Kolkata High Court asked the CBI to report in six weeks the progress of the investigation into the post-poll violence.
On May 2, the house of Narkeldanga resident and BJP worker Abhijit Sarkar was attacked after the results of the assembly. He called the Narkeldanga police station more than once and expressed apprehension that he might be killed. Just two hours before his death, he was last heard on Facebook saying the names of some local grassroots leaders.
He also called some police personnel and non-officers for help, but he was not found and gave their details.
Abhijeet’s grandfather Biswajit Sarkar handed over the phone to DIG CBI Akhilesh Kumar Singh on Monday. Biswajit Sarkar told that since the afternoon of May 2, outsiders were roaming in front of the house threatening to kill them. “So we called up Narkeldanga police OC Shubhajit Sen and sought protection. Wanted the force by calling in the Lalbazar control room. Nobody helped. I was annoyed. I have given all the call recordings to CBI.
CBI collected Abhijeet’s DNA report and postmortem report. CBI has already visited Narkeldanga twice and visited the spot. CBI took statements of mother and grandfather of Abhijit Sarkar.
The CBI has also visited various places and districts where post-poll violence has taken place. The statements of the family members of the victims have been recorded. The Special Investigation Team of CBI has also visited Barrackpore, Bhatpara, Shyamnagar, Naihati, North and South 24 Parganas, besides Birbhum and Asansol.
The CBI had visited Nandigram and Khejuri in East Midnapore on Tuesday. The CBI team reached the house of Aparna Das, a resident of Khejuri, who was harassed in the post-poll violence. A three-member delegation spoke to the family members. The allegations of rape came to light on the morning of May 5, shortly after the results of the vote were announced. Aparna Das had approached the Supreme Court in this matter.
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