Rashtrapati Bhavan has notified the West Bengal authorities, urging an investigation into the criticism lodged by Advocate Pratap Chandra Dey, the husband of Justice Amrita Sinha, from the Calcutta Excessive Courtroom.
The Calcutta Excessive Courtroom decide’s husband has claimed that he was tortured by the West Bengal Prison Investigation Division (CID) throughout interrogation in reference to a property dispute case. Nevertheless, the prison probe company denied these claims, saying these have been “concocted and baseless statements”.
In a letter addressed to the state Chief Secretary, the President’s Secretariat instructed to tell the petitioner concerning the actions taken in response to his criticism.
Advocate Pratap Chandra Dey filed a criticism on December 19 with the President of India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Governor of Bengal CV Ananda Bose, and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, alleging torture by the Bengal crime investigation division.
It could be famous that Justice Sinha is presiding over the West Bengal lecturers’ recruitment rip-off whereby Trinamool Congress (TMC) Common Secretary and Lok Sabha MP Abhishek Banerjee was summoned for questioning by the Enforcement Directorate.
Within the criticism, Pratap Chandra Dey alleged that he was being subjected to harassment by the Bengal CID below the guise of interrogation within the property dispute case. He additionally alleged that as an alternative of questioning him concerning the case through which he was summoned as a witness, the CID officers have been slightly attempting to scoop details about his spouse, Justice Sinha.
In his criticism to the Bengal authorities, Dey wrote, “I was treated like a criminal, accused of some heinous crime. I was questioned by more than one officer and questions were asked only about my wife and about her details. The officers told me that they were not interested in the case details, but wanted answers in respect of my wife. The video was switched on and off as per their desire and convenience. The torture and harassment went on for three-and-half hours.”
Pratap Chandra Dey was summoned multiple times by the CID as part of the probe into the case registered in Kolkata’s Salt Lake. Subsequently, he claimed that the CID had subjected him to mental torture, labelling him as a witness and coercing him into deposing false statements against his wife.
In light of these charges made by Dey, the letter from Rashtrapati Bhavan to the Chief Secretary sought an investigation into the matter and direct communication with the petitioner regarding the actions taken.