By IANS
Kolkata : A West Bengal court Saturday remanded Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) worker Debu Malik, prime accused in Singur girl Tapasi Malik's rape and murder case, in judicial custody for a fortnight.
Malik was produced in the Chandannagar Sub-Divisional Court of Hooghly district where the judge remanded him in judicial custody till July 21.
Malik was arrested last month by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for his alleged role in the murder of Tapasi Malik in Singur, about 40 km from here.
The CBI also arrested CPI-M Singur zonal committee secretary Suhrid Dutta in connection with the case.
Tapasi Malik was on the forefront of a movement protesting land acquisition for Tata Motor's small car factory in Singur.
She was raped and murdered and her charred body was found inside the fenced-off area of the project site on Dec 18 last year.
Around 997 acres in Singur have been chosen by Tata Motors for its small car project. The issue has triggered a violent face-off between the government and farmers led by civil society groups and parties like the Trinamool Congress.