BJP chief’s demise not political homicide: Bengal cops to Supreme Court

DENYING ALLEGATIONS that the demise of Debendra Nath Roy, a CPM MLA who joined the BJP in 2019, was a “political murder”, the West Bengal Police has advised the Supreme Court {that a} CID probe was carried out and there was no have to switch the case to the CBI or NIA.
“It is denied that the incident [death of Roy] was a political murder or that the state machinery was used or was an accomplice or involved in any manner in causing such death and it is denied this was a shame on society and violated the right to life guaranteed to the citizens of this nation under Article 21 of the Constitution. It is further denied that there is involvement of state machinery against people having different political ideology…,” Dy SP CID, Malda zone, stated in an affidavit filed within the courtroom in response to a plea that additionally sought switch of the trial from West Bengal to a courtroom in New Delhi.
The plea got here up for listening to on Tuesday earlier than a bench comprising Justices Ashok Bhushan, R S Reddy and M R Shah.
The petitioner was in search of switch of the case to a central company on the idea of statements made by Roy’s spouse Chandima and sure others, the affidavit stated, including “these statements do not allege foul play by any state personnel or the police…”