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KOLKATA: The suicide trial of graphics designer Rizwanur Rahman in the Calcutta high court took a dramatic turn on the very first day on Wednesday, with his family claiming that the body recovered from railway tracks in September 2007 was not his.
The Rahmans, who have dismissed the findings of the CBI probe that Rizwanur's death was a suicide, not murder, filed an affidavit asserting the claim.
In the affidavit, Rizwanur's elder brother Rukbanur claimed his body was swapped with that of a 55-year-old man, who presumably had died at the same spot. The legal circles here have been taken aback by the sudden twist.
The Rahmans' affidavit comes hot on the heels of a state government affidavit challenging the CBI report and claiming that the central investigative agency had worked beyond its jurisdiction to give such a report.
According to the state government, the court only ordered the CBI to trace the reason for Rizwnaur's death, not suggest proceedings.
Though the CBI declared Rizwanur's death a suicide, it charged members of his wife Priyanka Todi's family and some police men for abetting the suicide.
Rukbanur claimed as per the initial memo of the station superintendent of Dum Dum to the railway police, the body found on the railway tracks was that of a 55-year-old.
The affidavit points out that the error in judgement could not be so much to not differentiate between the bodies of the 29-year-old Rizwanur and the 55-year-old man.
Rukbanur also accused the West Bengal government of hiding some vital facts in its affidavit and said it was trying to shield guilty police officers.
Earlier, industrialist Ashoke Todi claimed in his affidavit that his daughter Priyanka was never married to Rizwanur and hence, there was no question of putting pressure on him to separate them. He also denied the allegation of colluding with top police officers to forcefully bring Priyanka back home.
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