Two more from CPM arrested in Tapasi case

CBI has retrieved a trouser of Debu Malik, co-accused in the case

KOLKATA: The Tapasi Malik rape and murder case took a dramatic turn on Tuesday with the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) having zeroed in two more influential leaders of CPI (M) at Singur in Hooghly district for involvement in the conspiracy. CBI sources in Kolkata said that following the interrogation of Dutta and Malik, the investigating agency has zeroed in on two other CPI (M) leaders of the region, Balai Sapui and Sunil Sarkar.

Meanwhile, the CBI team at Singur has also a recovered a trouser of Debu Malik, which he was wearing during the murder and rape of Tapasi Malik at Singur on December 18, 2006. The CBI officials have also spotted some blood stains on the trouser, although they are not sure as yet whether those blood stains were that of Tapasi. Meanwhile, the state transport minister CPI(M) leader, Subhash Chakraborty said “I feel that there was no requirement for a CBI enquiry on this matter”.

He also gave a clean chit to Dutta and said “Is it believable that a respectable person like Suhrid, who is a responsible zonal committee secretary, can conspire to kill a teenage girl?”