Anish Khan death case Family demands arrest of TMC MLA police officer
Kolkata Feb 24 PTI The family of deceased student activist Anish Khan on Thursday led a demonstration before Amta police station in Howrah district demanding the arrest of four persons including the local Trinamool Congress MLA accusing them of being involved in his murderTMC MLA Sukanta Pal denied any involvement and said he has complete faith in the investigation and judiciaryAt one point the protestors who included people from Khans village and other areas of the district tried to break the police cordon and pelted stones at the police stationHowever Khans father pacified the crowd saying their target was not the junior police personnel but the big fishes who were behind the alleged murder of the prominent student leader of the Indian Secular Front ISF which contested last years assembly election in alliance with the Left FrontKhans father Salem demanded the arrest of four persons – local TMC MLA Sukanta Pal the officer in charge of Amta police station the head and deputy head of the local gram panchayatAnish had earned their wrath as he exposed their corruption and unholy nexus in the area If they are not arrested nothing will be served Please do not deflect the issue by storming into the police station and attacking the junior level personnel he said The septuagenarian did not elaborate on the issue of corruption or nexusKhans father later said they would march to the office of SP Howrah Rural on Sunday if the four persons were not arrested by thenReacting to the allegation Amta MLA Sukanta Pal told PTI he wanted the truth to come out and culprits to be bookedI dont know what he has said I dont want to comment on it as an investigation is on I want the truth to come out and the culprits to be booked But I dont know why after five days my name is being dragged into it he saidMeanwhile Home Guard Kashinath Bera posted at Amta police station and civic volunteer Pritam Bhattacharya who were arrested on Wednesday in connection with the case said they were being made scapegoats as they were just following ordersWe are being made scapegoats We know nothing about the death of Anish Khan We went to his house as our superior officer asked us to go to his residence they told reporters when they were being taken inside a police vanA special investigation team SIT set up by the state government to probe the matter has arrested the home guard and the civic volunteerThe victims father also said that he was in favour of a CBI inquiry into the murder of his son or a probe under the supervision of the high courtOn the Calcutta High Courts order for a second post-mortem examination on the student leaders body under certain conditions he said he has not seen the orderLeaders of the ISF also attended the rally from the residence of Khan to the police station about 10 kilometres awayKhans family members have alleged that he was pushed off the second floor of their residence at Amta in Howrah district on the night of February 18 by four persons with one donning a police uniform and the others wearing the dress of civic volunteersKhan who was earlier with SFI the student wing of the CPIM was a prominent face of the protests in Kolkata against the Citizenship Amendment Act CAA He had later joined the ISFKhans mysterious death has sparked widespread protestsEarlier in the day members of Chhatra Parishad the student arm of the Congress and DYFI the youth wing of the CPIM marched before the Amta police station demanding justice for the familyStudents of Aliah University also took out a rally and sought the arrest of those involved in the murderKhan was an alumnus of Aliah UniversityThe Jadavpur University Teachers Association JUTA said it will hold a meeting on the JU campus on Friday to protest against the killing of KhanJUTA general secretary Partha Pratim Roy told PTI that students and teachers of every institute should join hands to protest against the tendency of political leaders to silence the voice of dissent PTI SUS COR PNT MM MM
Kolkata Feb 24 PTI The family of deceased student activist Anish Khan on Thursday led a demonstration before Amta police station in Howrah district demanding the arrest of four persons including the local Trinamool Congress MLA accusing them of being involved in his murderTMC MLA Sukanta Pal denied any involvement and said he has complete faith in the investigation and judiciaryAt one point the protestors who included people from Khans village and other areas of the district tried to break the police cordon and pelted stones at the police stationHowever Khans father pacified the crowd saying their target was not the junior police personnel but the big fishes who were behind the alleged murder of the prominent student leader of the Indian Secular Front ISF which contested last years assembly election in alliance with the Left FrontKhans father Salem demanded the arrest of four persons – local TMC MLA Sukanta Pal the officer in charge of Amta police station the head and deputy head of the local gram panchayatAnish had earned their wrath as he exposed their corruption and unholy nexus in the area If they are not arrested nothing will be served Please do not deflect the issue by storming into the police station and attacking the junior level personnel he said The septuagenarian did not elaborate on the issue of corruption or nexusKhans father later said they would march to the office of SP Howrah Rural on Sunday if the four persons were not arrested by thenReacting to the allegation Amta MLA Sukanta Pal told PTI he wanted the truth to come out and culprits to be bookedI dont know what he has said I dont want to comment on it as an investigation is on I want the truth to come out and the culprits to be booked But I dont know why after five days my name is being dragged into it he saidMeanwhile Home Guard Kashinath Bera posted at Amta police station and civic volunteer Pritam Bhattacharya who were arrested on Wednesday in connection with the case said they were being made scapegoats as they were just following ordersWe are being made scapegoats We know nothing about the death of Anish Khan We went to his house as our superior officer asked us to go to his residence they told reporters when they were being taken inside a police vanA special investigation team SIT set up by the state government to probe the matter has arrested the home guard and the civic volunteerThe victims father also said that he was in favour of a CBI inquiry into the murder of his son or a probe under the supervision of the high courtOn the Calcutta High Courts order for a second post-mortem examination on the student leaders body under certain conditions he said he has not seen the orderLeaders of the ISF also attended the rally from the residence of Khan to the police station about 10 kilometres awayKhans family members have alleged that he was pushed off the second floor of their residence at Amta in Howrah district on the night of February 18 by four persons with one donning a police uniform and the others wearing the dress of civic volunteersKhan who was earlier with SFI the student wing of the CPIM was a prominent face of the protests in Kolkata against the Citizenship Amendment Act CAA He had later joined the ISFKhans mysterious death has sparked widespread protestsEarlier in the day members of Chhatra Parishad the student arm of the Congress and DYFI the youth wing of the CPIM marched before the Amta police station demanding justice for the familyStudents of Aliah University also took out a rally and sought the arrest of those involved in the murderKhan was an alumnus of Aliah UniversityThe Jadavpur University Teachers Association JUTA said it will hold a meeting on the JU campus on Friday to protest against the killing of KhanJUTA general secretary Partha Pratim Roy told PTI that students and teachers of every institute should join hands to protest against the tendency of political leaders to silence the voice of dissent PTI SUS COR PNT MM MM
