ওয়াশিংটন বাংলা রেডিও Washington Bangla Radio USA

Kolkata, Sept 1 (IBNS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday said ‘no’ to a fresh probe into the mysterious death of Muslim youth Rizwanur Rahman, who was found dead by a railway track a month after his marriage with a Hindu girl in 2007.

Saying that a fresh probe into the case is ‘not required’, the CBI moved the Supreme Court against a Calcutta High Court order.

On May 18, a division bench of the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday ordered a fresh probe by the CBI into the Rizwanur Rahman death case.

The bench of Justice Bhaskar Bhattacharya and Prosenjit Mandal as part of their verdict also asked the CBI to submit its probe report within four months. 

The new probe would investigate the allegation of murder brought by Rizwanur's family based on an FIR in the city's Karaya police station on Sep 21, 2007.

In early 2008, the CBI probe report had said that Rizwanur Rahman was not murdered but was driven to suicide by some Kolkata police officers and the family of his wife Priyanka Todi. 

The 30-year-old graphic designer's mysterious death on Sep 21, 2007 soon after marrying Hindu industrialist Ashok Todi's daughter Priyanka against the wishes of the girl's family.

The previous CBI report had accused Rizwanur's in-laws, including Ashok Todi, and some policemen of abetting his suicide but ruled out murder as alleged by the youth's family.

The death unleashed an unprecedented civil society movement in West Bengal for justice, with many accusing the Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee government of 'shielding' policemen.

The previous CBI report had also asked the government to take disciplinary action against former Kolkata police commissioner Prasun Mukherjee and senior officer Gyanwant Singh besides personnel of the Karaya police station in central Kolkata where Rizwanur went for justice but was threatened.

Rizwanur's body with the head smashed was found by a railway track after he married Priyanka Todi, daughter of Lux Cozi group chief Ashok Todi.

Rizwanur had approached the human rights body APDR (Association for Protection of Democratic Rights) for help during his harassment by policemen at the behest of his in-laws.