WB govt folds up judicial probe into Rizwanur's death

KOLKATA: A day after Rizwanur Rehman's family moved the Calcutta High Court, the West Bengal government on Friday withdrew the judicial inquiry it had ordered a month ago into the mysterious death of the computer graphics teacher after he married the daughter of an industrialist.

"When I find that the CBI is seriously inquiring into the case and when Rizwan's family wants only a CBI probe, we have withdrawn the judicial inquiry as it may overlap," Chief Minister Buddhadev Bhattacharjee said at the state Secretariat.

Bhattacharjee had recently stated that judicial inquiry would continue simultaneously with the CBI investigation into the case.

He said that the judicial inquiry was formally started by Justice (retd) Alok Chakraborty, but considering the sentiments of Rizwanur's family and the media "We have folded it up."

On September 27, the state government had ordered the inquiry in the face of allegations from inside and outside CPI(M), as also Left Front constituents, of police involvement in the case.

Rizwanur's mother Keshwar Jahan and elder brother Rukbanur had filed a petition in the Calcutta High Court on Thursday seeking withdrawal of the judicial probe into his death.