The Central Bureau of Investigations on Thursday grilled Priyanka Todi and some of her relatives in connection with the mysterious death of her husband Rizwanur Rehman. The CBI also questioned a student of the computer institute where Rizwanur used to teach. The student had called Rizwanur soon after the railway police found his body near the tracks at Dum Dum in Kolkata. They also questioned her mother Bimla Todi, her uncles Pradip Todi, Anil Sarogi and two of her aunts.
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday questioned Kolkata-based industrialist Ashok Todi, the main accused in the case relating to death of computer graphics teacher Rizwanur Rahman who had married his daughter Priyanka.
Ashok Todi, father-in-law of the computer graphics teacher Rizwanur Rehman, who died on September 21, 2007, on Friday denied that his daughter Priyanka had married him and claimed that she was "taken" to the Muslim youth's house.
Breaking her silence for the first time since her husband Rizwanur Rehman's mysterious death over three months ago, Priyanka Todi has regretted involvement of her brother-in-law Ruqbanur and his friend Pappu in their conjugal life.
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.
Both Rizwanur and Priyanka had conveyed a threat to his life in a letter written on September 3 to then Deputy Commissioner (Detective Department) Ajoy Kumar.
The Central Bureau of Investigation has summoned Ashok Todi, the main accused in the case relating to death of computer graphics teacher Rizwanur Rehman who had married the Hindu industrialist's daughter Priyanka, and three others for a final round of questioning.
Rizwanur Rehman, the computer graphics teacher from Kolkata who allegedly committed suicide after his wife Priyanka was taken away forcibly, had "forgiven" his father-in-law Ashok Todi, named in Central Bureau of Investigation's charge sheet for abetting the "suicide".
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.
The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday directed the West Bengal government to produce all police records pertaining to the case of Rizwanur Rehman, who was found dead under mysterious circumstances a month after his marriage to the daughter of influential industrialist Ashok Todi.Justice Dipankar Dutta asked Advocate General Balai Roy to produce by April 22 the records, including Todi's police complaint on August 31 last year.
Justice Dutta directed Ruqbanur's counsel and also the CBI lawyer to file affidavits stating their opposition within three weeks of the plea for immediate circulation of the report. The court gave two weeks to the police officers and Todi to file their affidavits in reply to the opposition.
In the first part of an exclusive interview to rediff.com's Managing Editor Sheela Bhatt, Rizwanur mother Kishwar Jehan spoke of how Ashok Todi came to their humble home and desperately tried to persuade his daughter to return. She says he even offered the family a blank cheque if they let Priyanka return to her home In the second and final part, she speaks how the Todi family aided by the police and goons pressured the newlyweds and 'forced' Priyanka to return home.
Priyanka said though she had been summoned by the police after her marriage to Rizwan on August 18, 'no police officer had ill-treated her,' a member of the Women's Commission said on Wednesday on condition of anonymity.
The Calcutta High Court on Thursday held that computer graphics teacher Rizwanur Rahman's death in September last was a suicide and not murder.
The family of Rizwanur Rehman on Friday expressed doubts about the authenticity of media reports, which claimed that the Central Bureau of Investigation has concluded that the computer graphics teacher had committed suicide. Rizwanur's mother Keshwar Jahan said she would never accept that her son committed suicide. ''He was not the type of boy who can commit suicide.'' she said. Keshwar said that she would wait for the CBI report.
Former Kolkata police commissioner Prasun Mukherjee was on Tuesday questioned for the first time by the Central Bureau of Investigation in connection with the mysterious death of computer graphics teacher Rizwanur Rahman.
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