Date:01/10/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/10/01/stories/2008100156471200.htm

National

3 police officers sent to custody in Rizwanur case

Special Correspondent

KOLKATA: Three officers of the city police including one belonging to the Indian Police Service were among the seven to be charge-sheeted by the Central Bureau of Investigation under various sections in connetion with the death of computer graphics teacher, Rizwanur Rahman, in September 2007, were sent to judicial custody for 14 days by a city court here on Tuesday.

Their bail applications were rejected after they surrendered before the court. The men were charged by the CBI with criminal intimidation and abetting suicide after the agency concluded that Rizwanur had taken his life.

Four others including Ashok Todi, the father-in-law of Rizwanur, have also been chargesheeted by the CBI following a directive from the Calcutta High Court.

The CBI filed the charge sheet against the seven men on September 22.The body of Rizwanur was found by the side of the railway tracks near here on September 21, 2007, a few weeks after his marriage to Priyanka – a marriage that had not gone down well with the Todi family.

Rizwanur’s family expressed their satisfaction over the directive. His brother Rukwanur, said the court had “realised our pain and sadness” and the ruling came “as some relief to the family.”