Kolkata 23 August : Justice Rajesh Chakraborty is the judge of the special court of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) located in Asansol in West Burdwan district of West Bengal, who is working with the case that concerns cattle smuggling, has been issued an official threat letter.In the document, which was signed by one Bappa Chattopadhyay it has been stated that unless Chakraborty gives bail to the chief suspect — Trinamool Congress strongman, Anubrata Mondal in the next hearing, he and his other family members will be detained in the case of narcotics.
In actuality threats to get people arrested under a narcotics charge was a regular practice of Mondal as Trinamool Congress’ Birbhum district president.In the past there had been a number of complaints against him in this regard as well as a clip that that went viral in the past few years where Mondal was seen instructing an officer in the top police department to detain a woman BJP supporter in an narcotics case.
It was reported that Justice Chakraborty received the threat letter on 20 August.
The following day he sent a letter to the district judge, who then informed the Calcutta High Court about the issue.
In the meantime, the legal community has criticized the development.
Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya an advocate of the highest rank in the Calcutta High Court and the CPI-M Rajya Sabah member, said that such events are not new since 2011 , the year that the Trinamool Congress came to power in West Bengal.
“Other judges have also made similar threats in the past.This development shows at the extent to which the law and order scenario in West Bengal has deteriorated,” he said.
Senior counsel of Calcutta High Court, Kaushik Gupta, said the case is proof of the severity of the case as well as the “desperation” that is associated with the case.
“The police need to investigate the case and determine who is the person responsible for displaying the same apprehension toward a respected judge,” he said.
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