By IANS
Kolkata : The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Monday interrogated a senior police officer who had said he was witness to threats from the Kolkata Police to deceased Rizwanur Rahman’s friend and marriage witness Sadiq.
CBI officers quizzed Inspector General of police (Enforcement Branch) Nazrul Islam at his Bhawani Bhawan office in connection with the death of graphic designer and teacher Rizwanur Rahman.
Nazrul Islam, who is known for his moral and upright stand against corruption and injustice, had earlier said that threats were issued to Sadiq from Kolkata Police’s Lalbazar headquarters right before his eyes.
Sadiq is a witness to the legal marriage between Rizwanur and Priyanka Todi, daughter of industrialist Ashok Todi.
Krishnendu Das, a sub-inspector of the anti-rowdy section of the Detective Department of Kolkata Police, was the policeman who reportedly intimidated Sadiq when he had gone to meet Nazrul Islam to report the harassment and threats.
“I had asked Das not to act like that,” Nazrul Islam earlier said.
Das has reportedly told CBI that he acted on the orders of his seniors.
Besides the junior officers, the CBI has interrogated Indian Police Service officers Gyanwant Singh and Ajoy Kumar, both of whom allegedly acted at the behest of Ashok Todi to pressure Rizwanur to annul his marriage with Priyanka.
Rizwanur, a 30-year-old graphic designer, was found dead with his head smashed on Sep 21 by the railway tracks, barely a month after his marriage with Priyanka.
Before his death, Rizwanur had mentioned the names of Gyanwant Singh, Ajoy Kumar, Sukanta Chakraborty and Krishnendu Das as the ones who harassed him.
Todi allegedly threatened his son-in-law with dire consequences and put pressure on him through the police.
Rizwanur’s death sparked public outcry forcing the Buddhadeb Bhattacharya government to remove the tainted cops, including police commissioner Prasun Mukherjee, who tried to defend Todi and his IPS colleagues in the case.