Officials from the Central Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday interrogated Priyanka Todi, daughter of prime accused Ashok Todi and widow of Muslim computer graphics teacher Rizwanur Rahman, who was found dead under mysterious circumstances a few days after his marriage. According to CBI sources, Priyanka fully cooperated with the officers and answered all their questions. In the last four days, the CBI has interrogated more than 20 people and has obtained helpful clues.
Led by CBI joint director Arun Kumar, the seven-member team of the Central agency's special crime branch spent more than an hour near the railway tracks in the Patipukur area of Kolkata's northern fringe after taking over the investigation from the state CID following an order of Calcutta High Court. The team includes forensic experts.
Todi is the prime accused in the case. Todi's interroogation by CBI Joint director Arun Kumar and DIG S K Golcha began at 6.30 am and lasted for over ten hours. However, Todi refused to speak to the media when he left the CBI office here after the questioning. nehasish, a director in Todi's company, was questioned for an hour. The former cricketer had taken the industrialist's brother Pradip to then police chief Prasun Mukherjee to lodge a complaint about Priyanka's marriage
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The Central Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday began interrogating industrialist Ashok Todi in connection with the mysterious death of computer graphics teacher Rizwanur Rehman, who married Todi's daughter Priyanka.
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