KOLKATA: The investigation into the Wednesday night murder of Chandranath Rath, chief minister-designate Suvendu Adhikari’s aide, has expanded to include surveillance of alleged contract killers from other states, including Uttar Pradesh and Odisha.
Sources said a team of investigators left for UP after stumbling upon a call from that state to the owner of a Nissan Micra car, who lives in Matigara, near Siliguri. The call came in response to an advertisement the owner had posted on a portal to sell his car, police sources said. Alternatively, they might have kept the bike there to mislead investigators,” a police source said.
Investigators are also gathering information about professional killers who are in custody in Bengal and other states. “The killers might have fled by train from Barasat. One of the two bikes used by the assassins was found near Barasat railway station late on Thursday.
The probe team is made of 40 cops, led by a seven-member special investigation team headed by a CID officer of the rank of deputy inspector-general. On Friday, a three-member team from the directorate of forensic science in Gujarat inspected the murder spot, around 170 metres from the housing complex where Rath lived.
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