By IANS
Kolkata : A 29-year-old man has claimed he had seen some people abducting Muslim youth Rizwanur Rahman from somewhere in north Kolkata on Sep 21, the day his body was found with head smashed.
“I saw two Ambassador cars abducting Rizwanur on that day as he got out of a cab. It was before the Khanna cinema hall, at the bus stop, and the time was around 10 a.m.,” said Indranil Ghosh at the studio of Bengali TV channel Tara Newz Saturday.
Ghosh also went to the spot and described what he saw.
The disclosure came amid the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the case and the debate on whether the youth was killed or he committed suicide.
“I was living under moral dilemma till then. I saw two men gagging Rizwanur. I could also recognise one of the abductors,” Ghosh said.
The channel informed Kolkata Police Commissioner Gautam Mohan Chakraborty about the claims of Ghosh and the police commissioner in turn assured to ensure police security to him and escort him to the CBI officials investigating the case.
“I could not decide whether to come out and tell the truth because my wife is pregnant. She is expecting baby anytime but I finally decided to come out,” he said in the live programme at Tara Newz.
Newspersons thronged the studio of Tara Newz as the channel started telecasting the programme.
Rizwanur Rahman, a 30-year-old graphic designer, was found dead around 10.30 a.m. with his head smashed on Sep 21 near railway tracks, barely a month after his marriage with Priyanka Todi, daughter of industrialist Ashok Todi.
Before his death, he had mentioned the names of IPS officers Gyanwant Singh and Ajoy Kumar as the ones who had intimidated him to get out of the marriage.
Todi allegedly threatened his son-in-law with dire consequences and put pressure on him through the police to annul the marriage.