BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari writes to CID, says can’t appear for questioning today

He was summoned in connection with a probe on his security guard's unnatural death.

West Bengal Leader of Opposition, Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Suvendu Adhikari has written to the state’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to say that he won’t be able to appear for questioning in their office today.

Adhikary was summoned by the CID in connection with the mysterious death of a police jawan who worked as his bodyguard. He wrote to the CID authorities earlier today stating that he had several scheduled programmes today, including some political programmes, and thus he would not be able to appear for the questioning. It is not yet known whether the CID authorities would ask him to appear on another date or take action against him for not appearing.

Suvendu’s brother Dibyendu Adhikari – who is a Trinamool Congress MP – has already been questioned in this connection.

The CID is probing the “mysterious death” of Subhabrata Chakraborty, who worked as Suvendu Adhikari’s bodyguard and allegedly died by suicide in September 2018. His wife Suparna Chakraborty, had lodged a complaint with Contai police two months back, demanding a probe into her husband’s death. Officers have already visited her house in East Midnapore and spoken with her and other family members.

Subhabrata Chakraborty was part of Adhikari’s security arrangement for nearly seven years. On September 13, 2018, he was found injured in the police barrack at around 11 am. He had a bullet injury in the head. He was admitted in Contai Hospital throughout the day, and was taken to a Kolkata hospital later in the night. He passed away the following day.

His wife, a resident of Mahishadal in East Midnapore in her complaint demanded a probe stating that she never got answers as to why her husband “despite being” a bodyguard of Suvendu Adhikari, could die under such mysterious circumstances. She has also inquired about the “delay” in shifting him to a Kolkata hospital. She has written in her complaint that she was quiet for so long as Adhikari is a “powerful” leader in the district and she was afraid to speak out against him. She has also mentioned in her complaint the role of some leaders considered “close” to Adhikari.

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