Police start murder case related to alleged unnatural death of Suvendu Adhikari's security guard

The wife of the deceased blamed the Trinamul turncoat for the death of her husband by a bullet wound in 2018 at a Calcutta hospital

Suvendu Adhikari: File picture

Monalisa Chaudhuri, Anshuman Phadikar   |   TT  |  Calcutta, Contai   |   10.07.21: Police on Friday started a murder case related to the alleged unnatural death of a security guard of BJP MLA and leader of the Opposition in the Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, based on a complaint by the deceased’s wife.

She blamed the Trinamul turncoat for the death of her husband by a bullet wound in 2018 at a Calcutta hospital.

“Suparna Kanjilal Chakraborty, wife of Subhabrata Chakraborty, has lodged a complaint against Adhikari and others for the death of her husband. A case under sections of murder and criminal conspiracy has been started,” said a senior officer of the East Midnapore district police. Contai police have drawn up an FIR under sections of murder and criminal conspiracy against “unknown miscreants.”

The case into the death of the security guard was politically motivated, alleged several BJP leaders. They said the state government was being vindictive against Adhikari.

Adhikari said Trinamul was doing “politics of revenge”. “I’m not a person to bow down. There is no point in trying to frighten me or terrorise me by the police. They are doing all these because Mamata Banerjee lost Nandigram.… Let the chief minister tell me straight that she wants me in jail for six months, I’ll show her respect and go to jail.… I’ll do the needful in the right place...,” he said.

On October 13, 2018, morning, Chakraborty’s family had been informed that he was hospitalised in Contai with a bullet wound. Suparna alleged in her complaint: “On Suvendu Adhikari’s instruction, arrangements were being made to shift my husband to Calcutta. But there was a huge delay in arranging the ambulance. By the time he was taken to a Calcutta hospital, it was 7pm. He passed away the next morning. I am surprised why there was a delay in arranging the ambulance despite Suvendu Adhikari being so influential. I am yet to understand under what circumstances my husband received the bullet injury.”

She further stated: “I have been quiet because he (Adhikari) was not only influential in the district but in the entire state. But now circumstances have changed. I want justice for my husband.”

The complaint letter mentions Adhikari’s personal assistant Rakhal Bera who was purportedly present during the post-mortem of the deceased. Bera is in the custody of Calcutta police in connection with a job racket.