The cash was recovered last Thursday, when police seized Rs 1,02,79,000. Additional superintendent of police (Diamond Harbour Police District) Abhishek Majumdar had claimed that the money was recovered based on statements made by Sumit Roy during custodial interrogation
She has claimed that the recovery of Rs 1.02 crore from a party office in Sarisha, Diamond Harbour was staged by the police to frame him and extract a forced confession. The cash was recovered last Thursday, when police seized Rs 1,02,79,000. The HC directed that his regular bail plea be taken up for hearing after the festive recess on Nov 16.
Kolkata: Sushmita Roy, wife of Sumit Roy , personal assistant to Trinamool MP Abhishek Banerjee , has moved the Calcutta High Court alleging police torture and custodial harassment of her husband. Additional superintendent of police (Diamond Harbour Police District) Abhishek Majumdar had claimed that the money was recovered based on statements made by Roy during custodial interrogation. However, Banerjee rejected the police version, alleging that the recovery scene had been fabricated and that his aide had been threatened with death in a staged encounter while in custody. In her petition, Sushmita maintained that her husband had no connection with the seized cash. She alleged that Roy had been subjected to continuous physical and mental torture in police custody and that false charges were being fabricated against him as part of a conspiracy. Roy was initially arrested in connection with a land corruption case in Salboni, West Midnapore. After both the Calcutta High Court and the Supreme Court rejected his anticipatory bail pleas, police took him into custody. He subsequently challenged his arrest and sought bail. However, the HC vacation bench declined to grant him immediate relief, observing that granting bail at this stage could have a political bearing on the investigation.
Seeking urgent judicial intervention to ensure her husband’s safety, Sushmita has petitioned the court for a CBI probe into the cash recovery or the constitution of an independent Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by a retired judge. She has also sought the removal of the investigating police officers from the case. The matter is scheduled to be heard on Tuesday by the bench of Justice Parthasarathi Chatterjee.