Kolkata Apr 19 PTI A West Bengal government-appointed special investigation team SIT on Tuesday submitted a report to the Calcutta High Court informing it of the steps taken in its probe into the alleged murder of student leader Anis KhanAdvocate General S N Mookherjee submitted the 82-page report on the progress of the investigation to the court of Justice Rajasekhar Mantha as directed by him earlier It also appears to this court that the investigation is nearing conclusion Justice Mantha said While directing that a copy of the report be made available to senior counsel Bikash Bhattacharya who appeared for the petitioner Salem Khan the father of the deceased the court made it clear that confidentiality of the report must be maintained Khan had moved the high court seeking an order for an investigation into the death by an impartial agency that is not connected with the West Bengal police Hearing in the matter was adjourned by the court till April 25 on a prayer by BhattacharyaThe court had on March 14 said that it expects the investigation will be completed by April 18 when the matter will be heard again Justice Mantha had said that an extension of time to complete the probe will not be considered except for reasons beyond the control of the investigating agencySince Justice Mantha did not preside on Monday the SIT report was submitted on Tuesday At the beginning of the hearing on Tuesday taking note of certain disparaging remarks made by the petitioner which are doing the rounds on social media Justice Mantha expressed desire to release the matter from his court He was however persuaded by lawyers appearing for all the parties in the matter to continue hearing the case The court directed petitioner Khan to submit an apology for the remarks in an affidavit on the next date of hearingSalem Khan has alleged that his son was murdered by men wearing khaki and civic volunteer uniform on February 19 The SIT had arrested a home guard and a civic volunteer in connection with the death of Khan and they are in judicial custody now Justice Mantha taking up a petition by the deceaseds father along with a suo motu petition initiated by the court into the death had on February 24 said it is expected that no stone will be left unturned in the course of the investigation Alleging that Khan was murdered Bhattacharya had claimed before the court that he had been brutally assaulted by four persons of whom one was in police uniform and the other three in civic volunteer dress and thrown over from the third floor of his home at Amta in Howrah district on the night of February 19Khans family members have been demanding a CBI investigation into his deathClaiming that the killing of Anis Khan a social activist was a premeditated murder Bhattacharya had prayed before the court that an independent investigation be ordered into it The state government had formed the SIT headed by Additional director general CID Gyanwant Singh to hold the probe PTI AMR NN NN

Kolkata Apr 19 PTI A West Bengal government-appointed special investigation team SIT on Tuesday submitted a progress report on its investigation into the alleged murder of student leader Anis Khan to the Calcutta High Court Submitting the report in a sealed cover before the court of Justice Rajasekhar Mantha the state governments lawyer told it that the investigation was nearing completion Taking the 82-page report on record the court directed that the matter will be taken up for hearing again on Monday Adjourning the matter till April 18 the court had on March 14 said that it expects the investigation will be completed in the meantime Since Justice Mantha did not preside on Monday the report was submitted on Tuesday before his court Khan died on February 19 in his residence at Amta in Howrah district His father has alleged that he was murdered by men wearing khaki and civic volunteer uniform The SIT had arrested a home guard and a civic volunteer in connection with the death of Khan and they are in judicial custodyJustice Mantha had said that an extension of time to complete the probe will not be considered except for reasons beyond the control of the investigating agency Justice Mantha taking up a petition by the deceaseds father Salem Khan along with a suo motu petition initiated by the court into the death had on February 24 said it is expected that no stone will be left unturned in course of such investigation Alleging that Khan was murdered senior advocate Bikash Bhattacharya had claimed before the court that he had been brutally assaulted by four people of whom one was in police uniform and the other three in civic volunteer dress and thrown over from the third floor of his home on the night of February 19 Khans family members have been demanding a CBI investigation into his death Claiming that the killing of Anis Khan a social activist was a premeditated murder Bhattacharya had prayed before the court that an independent investigation be ordered into it The state government had formed the SIT headed by Additional director general CID Gyanwant Singh to hold the probe PTI AMR NN NN

Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], March 6 (ANI): West Bengal Congress led by party state chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury held a protest in Kolkata demanding justice for Aliah University former student leader Anis Khan who was found dead on February 18.

Kolkata Feb 28 PTI Trinamool Congress students wing on Monday took out a rally in the city protesting against the alleged efforts by opposition Left and other organisations to politicise the mysterious death of student leader Anis Khan Trinamool Chhatra Parishad state President Trinankur Bhattacharya Trinamool Youth Congress leader Debangshu Bhattacharya were in the forefront of the rally in which thousands of students walked 4 km from Ramlila Maidan at Entally to Mayo Road Despite the ordering of a probe by a special investigating team in the Anis Khan death and initiatives to conduct a fast investigation by the TMC government the opposition Left and some other organisations are trying to politicise Anis unfortunate death They are trying to create lawlessness and are instigating his family and locals not to cooperate with the SIT for political reasons Trinankur Bhattacharya told reporters Debangshu Bhattacharya said The youth and student community of the state reiterate their resolve to be on West Bengal chief ministers side in every step taken by her including in the Anis Khan death probe We will foil the game plan of the vested interests who want to push Bengal backward SFI had been taking out rallies demanding high level probe but not under the supervision of the state police in the Anis Khan death case and had staged sit-ins before the police station at Amta where the student leader had died and the office of superintendent of police rural Howrah last week It had also demonstrated in the city The left students wing and CPI-M had alleged that uniformed police personnel from Amta were behind his death on February 18 midnight and demanded the arrest of the officer in-charge of Amta police station and action against the SPRural Howrah Meanwhile Uluberia Dakshin MLA and West Bengal minister Pulak Roy met the father of Anis at his Amta residence during the day Roy later told reporters Vested interests are trying to mislead the family and derail the SIT probe for political reasons But we want truth to come out We are with the family Anis family had alleged that three policemen one of them in uniform and armed had raided their residence on February 18 midnight They had gone to the incomplete third floor of the house and after a brief argument with the Aliah University alumnus there pushed him to death Two persons- a civic volunteer and a home guard attached with Amta police station - have been arrested by the SIT and their custodial interrogation is on to find the truth director general of police Manoj Malviya had said Anis septuagenarian father Salem Khan said he could not see the man in police uniform in the test identification parade but assured that he will cooperate in the SIT probe as directed by Calcutta High Court The family is demanding a Court monitored probe by CBI PTI SUS KK KK

Kolkata Feb 27 PTI The probe by the special investigation team SIT into the mysterious death of student leader Anis Khan was moving in the right direction and the process would be completed in 15 days a top police officer said SundayDirector General of Police Manoj Malviya told reporters in reply to a question that the SIT would submit the report on Anis Khans death case to the Calcutta High Court in 15 days as directed on February 24We cant divulge any details as the case is monitored by Honble High Court But we will find the truth in the stipulated period Malviya said to a questionThe Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed the West Bengal Police SIT to proceed with urgency in its probe into the alleged murder of Anis Khan and ordered the team to submit a progress report in two weeksThe state government had on February 21 set up the SIT to probe the death of the 28-year-old activist who had shifted allegiance from the Students Federation of India an arm of the CPIM to the Indian Secular Front ISF prior to the 2021 assembly polls He was a prominent face in the anti-CAA movement Meanwhile Anis Khans family has agreed to hand over the mobile handset of the deceased to the SIT in the presence of an executive magistrate while the second post mortem of the deceased was expected to be conducted by the SIT after exhuming the body in the presence of the familyThe SIT on Saturday failed to exhume the body of the student activist amid protests by villagers at Amta in Howrah districtThe victims father Salem Khan said he had asked the SIT to come on Monday The High Court had directed the second post-mortem by exhuming the body under the supervision of a district judgeThe Khan family alleged that Anis had been thrown off from the second floor of their house by four policemen from Amta police station who had forced themselves into the residence at Dakshin Para neighbourhood of Sarda village on the night of February 18Two persons attached with Amta police station- a home guard and a civic volunteer- were arrested by SIT for their alleged role in the death PTI SUS MM MM

Kolkata Feb 26 PTI Protesters on Saturday fought a pitched battle with law enforcers throwing bricks and damaging police vehicles during a rally by CPIMs student and youth bodies to the office of SP Howrah Rural on the issue of the mysterious death of student activist Anis KhanAll India general secretary of SFI Mayukh Biswas state general secretary of the student body Srijan Bhattacharya and state secretary of the Democratic Youth Federation of India DYFI Minakshi Mukherjee were among the agitatorsThough the activists had promised that the protest would be peaceful the group of people also comprising locals suddenly overturned two police barricades before the office of SP Howrah Rural in Panchla area after traversing a distance of one kilometre from Ranihati More a police officer said As the pelting of stones continued for some time from 430 pm the police swung into action using lathi-charge and tear gas shells to disperse the mob a police officer saidThe protesters also vandalised some parked police vehicles and tried to torch a van the officer said Mukherjee who was injured along with a few SFI and DYFI members later claimed before reporters while being taken away in prison vans that the activists were not involved in the vandalism and some outsiders might have triggered the violenceFew policemen who were also injured in the incident were treated at a health centre the police officer saidThe protesters were apparently carrying bricks in their pockets and wanted to instigate violence but the police used minimum force to quell the mob considering the extent of damage he saidThe mob was demanding action against the Howrah Rural SP Soumya Roy alleging Roy and the Amta officer in charge were involved in Anis Khans deathThe agitators alleged the state investigating authorities were yet to make any breakthrough in the cold-blooded murder of Anis and arrest the real culpritsTop state police officers went to the spot which still resembled a battlefield with bricks shards of broken glass and empty tear gas shells lying scattered on the roadMukherjee alleged they were beaten up by policemen while being taken inside the police vehicle but her allegation was denied by the forceIn Jadavpur protestors belonging to the Democratic Youth Federation of India DYFI the youth wing of the CPIM met resistance from commuters as they sat in the middle of S C Mallik Road near the 8B bus stand in south Kolkata in the morning hoursThey also blocked College Street- M G road crossing in north Kolkata in the eveningEarlier in the day the busy intersection in north Kolkata and the Esplanade area in the heart of the city had been blocked for some time by members of Chhatra Parishad the students wing of the CongressTrinamool Congress spokesperson Kunal Ghosh said the state government has formed a SIT which is conducting a probe into Anis Khans death in an expeditious manner But the SFI and DYFI are indulging in cheap politics over the tragic death of a young student Villagers on Saturday morning launched a fierce protest before a burial ground at Amta in Howrah district preventing the special investigation team probing the mysterious death of Anis Khan from exhuming the body for a second post-mortem as directed by the Calcutta High CourtWhen the SIT went to the place at 530 am to exhume the body the villagers started raising slogans against the alleged police role in the murder of the former student leader who was a prominent face in the anti-CAA movementAs they surrounded the police vehicle making it difficult for the law enforcers to disembark and start the proceedings the SIT members left the spot shortly afterwardsThe West Bengal Police later tweeted on its official handle On the direction of Honble High Court today members of SIT being accompanied by magistrate went to exhume the dead body of Anish Khan for holding further PM post mortem which was prevented fiercely in utter violation of order of the apex court SIT is investigating the Anish Khan case under the directions of the Honble High Court but violent demonstrations are being organised daily at Amta PS and SP Office with the ulterior motive of derailing and delaying the investigation another tweet readIterating his demand for a High Court-monitored CBI probe Salim Khan the victims septuagenarian father said he had asked the SIT to come on Monday noonWhy did they come in such a hush-hush manner in the early morning hours I had informed them I am ailing and will not be able to go out before Monday Meanwhile Sabir Khan the brother of Anis filed an FIR on Saturday alleging that he had received an anonymous call on February 22 midnight threatening to eliminate his family members if they insisted on a CBI probeAnis Khans 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 the Indian Secular Front ISF youth leader and former member of SFI the student wing of the CPIM was a prominent face of the protests in Kolkata against the Citizenship Amendment Act CAA He was an alumnus of Aliah University PTI SUS MM MM

Kolkata Feb 26 PTI Activists of Left student and youth bodies Friday scuffled with the police in south Kolkata demanding high level probe into the alleged killing of social activist Anish Khan and about 100 of them were taken into preventive custody SFI state general secretary Srijan Bhattacharya was among those detained by the police during the protest at the crossing of Rasbehari Avenue and Asutosh Mukherjee Road near Kalighat metro station They were bundled into waiting police vehicles as they refused to leave the spot The police cannot find the true killers of Anis even after a week but loses no time to crush a democratic movement of students Bhattacharya said while being forced into a police vehicle He said the protestors wanted to peacefully go to the CID headquarters at Bhabani Bhavan after assembling at Rasbehari crossing but the police took over the area A police official said around 100 Left activists were taken to custody as they obstructed vehicular movement and refused to budge from the spot despite being repeatedly asked to do so He said the police used minimum force to disperse the activists and its women force were present in large numbers at the spot In another protest at Nonapukur area around 100 members of Congress student wing protested on A J C Bose Road demanding fair and impartial probe in the death of the Aliah University alumnus There was however no untoward incident Student bodies have been staging protests across the city since the mysterious death of the student leader at his Amta residence on February 19 midnight It was alleged that he was killed by a section of local police for his continued protests against alleged corruption by some politicians belonging to TMC and their nexus with some policemen of Amta West Bengal government formed a SIT to probe the death and two persons - a home guard and a civic volunteer - were arrested by the SIT Calcutta High Court has taken suo moto cognisance of the incident and has asked the special investigation team to submit its report to it in two weeks and for a second mortem after exhuming the body PTI SUS KK KK KK

Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], February 24 (ANI): Calcutta High Court on Thursday ordered a second post mortem in the murder case of Aliah University student Anis Khan which will be monitored by the District Judge.

Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], February 23 (ANI): Amid the row over the death of Aliah University student Anis Khan, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said she will not allow anyone to create any disturbance in the state.

Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], February 22 (ANI): West Bengal Police on Tuesday constituted a three-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the death of a student in Aliah University in the state.