CBI Announces A Reward Of 50-50 Thousand On Five Absconding
CBI announces a reward of 50-50 thousand on five absconding accused in BJP worker Abhijit Sarkar murder case.
The CBI has now announced a reward of Rs 50,000 each against five absconding accused in the murder case of BJP worker Abhijit Sarkar in the capital Kolkata.
He was killed on the day of the declaration of the results of the assembly elections in Bengal on May 2 last year.
Among them are two women. The CBI has also released the details of the five and has announced a reward of 50 thousand for every person who gives information.
CBI DIG Akhilesh Singh in Kolkata gave this information to the media on Friday. Earlier, all of them were declared absconders by the special CBI court.
At the same time, this is the case of announcing the first reward in cases of violence after the elections in Bengal.
The names of the five absconding accused are Amit Das alias Kesto, Tampa Das alias Kali, Aru Das alias Bapi, Sanjay Barik, and Papiya Barik.
These five are residents of Kolkata. Among them, Sanjay Barik and Papia Barik are husband and wife.
It is noteworthy that Abhijit Sarkar did Facebook Live on the day of election results and soon after he was allegedly lynched.
This was blamed on the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers. This is the only case of murder in the post-poll violence in Kolkata city.
Following the directions of the Calcutta High Court, the CBI is investigating the case related to the violence.
This case is also included in the 50 cases registered by the central agency so far after the High Court handed over the investigation of murder and serious cases to the CBI in this regard.
Case registered under 14 sections
According to the CBI, a total of 14 sections were registered in this case under serious criminal sections like murder and destruction of evidence.
The case was earlier registered by Kolkata Police. The CBI says that these five did not cooperate in the investigation and fled.
When these people did not appear in spite of many efforts of the CBI, they gave information against these people in the special court of Sealdah.
On the basis of which the court declared all of them as absconders. After this, the CBI has announced a reward of Rs 50-50,000 per person for giving information against these five.
Information about these five can be given on mobile number 9433044837 and landline number 033-23348713 of CBI’s Special Crime Branch, Kolkata.
According to the CBI, action will now be initiated against such fugitive accused in other cases as well.
This is the case.
On May 2, 2021, Abhijit Sarkar did a Facebook Live against TMC, shortly after which he was assassinated.
In this Facebook live, he had alleged that after the election results, TMC goons are continuously bombarding and destroying his house and office.
According to that, the violence started from ward number 30 in the Beliaghata area of Kolkata and all the sabotage took place under the leadership of Trinamool leaders like Paresh Pal and Swapna Samadar.
