By IANS
Kolkata : The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Sunday continued its probe into the mysterious death of Rizwanur Rahman as sleuths questioned his wife, brother and human rights activist Sujato Bhadra whom he had approached for help.
The CBI quizzed them at its Nizam Palace office till late Sunday afternoon but officials refused to speak to reporters.
All eyes were now on the Todi mansion in the posh Salt Lake neighbourhood of northeastern Kolkata as the team was likely to visit it anytime.
The CBI began their probe into the high-profile case Saturday with a visit to the spot from where Rizwanur’s body was found, a day after filing a murder case against his industrialist father-in-law Ashok Todi.
A seven-member CBI team, led by Special Crime Branch (SCB) joint director Arun Kumar, visited the spot at Patipukur, the railway track between Bidhan Pally and Shanti Colony, here from where Rizwanur’s body was found Sep 21.
The team also visited Rizwanur’s Tiljala Lane residence in the evening and spoke to the his mother Keshwar Jahan, brother Rukbanur and other family members.
The family expressed satisfaction over the progress of the probe on its first day and told the investigators that the youth’s murder was pre-meditated.
CBI joint director Arun Kumar told journalists Saturday: “We have lodged a first information report (FIR) against Ashok Todi on the basis of the (Calcutta) High Court’s order. An FIR is not a charge, it is only an information.”
He said the case against Todi had been filed under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) dealing with murder, criminal conspiracy and criminal intimidation with the threat to cause death.
He said no case had been registered against the police officials allegedly involved in the murder.
Asked whether Todi would be arrested, the official declined to comment. “We have just started our investigations,” he said.
While the tainted cops were transferred this week following public outcry and had been interrogated by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Todi had remained untouched except for initial summons by the CID, which surprisingly had not registered any case against the industrialist.
The CBI probe instead began with a murder case against Todi who owns the multi-million-rupee Lux Cozi group.
The body of Rizwanur, 30, a computer graphics designer, was found Sep 21 with his head smashed, barely a month after his marriage.
Todi had allegedly threatened his son-in-law with dire consequences and put serious pressure on him through the police to annul the marriage with Priyanka Todi.
The high court had Tuesday ordered a CBI inquiry into Rizwanur’s death terming the ongoing West Bengal CID investigation as “illegal”.
Faced with a court rebuke and public protests, West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya Wednesday removed five police officials, including Kolkata Police Commissioner Prasun Mukherjee, for their alleged collusion with Todi.