By IANS
Kolkata : Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury was Friday granted bail by a West Bengal court in a twin murder case but was immediately re-arrested for yet another murder.
Murshidabad strongman Chowdhury was nabbed as soon as he stepped out of the Behrampore chief judicial magistrate’s (CJM) court for a 2002 murder of a panchayat chief and for creating trouble at a polling booth the same year.
The MP, who represents Behrampore in the Lok Sabha, was in May this year acquitted by a lower court of the charges of the 2005 murders of a hotelier and his son – Hanif and Laltu Sheikh.
But the state government challenged the verdict in the Calcutta High Court, which issued a re-arrest order against Chowdhury and 13 others in the case.
“I appeared before the court for bail in the twin murder case. Though I was granted bail, I was immediately arrested for my alleged involvement in two other cases, about which I was not aware of. It’s a conspiracy by the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M)-led state government and police to frame me,” Chowdhury told reporters after coming out of the courtroom.
“The CPI-M has lost the political battle with the Congress in Murshidabad district and now they are framing false cases against me by using the local administration,” Chowdury said.
Congress supporters protested against the arrest by blockading roads and rail tracks in several places.