A city court on Thursday directed framing of abetment to suicide charge against industrialist Ashok Todi and three others in the case of mysterious death of computer graphics teacher Rizwanur Rahman.
Ninth session fast track court judge Amit Chattopadhyay on Thursday directed that Todi, his relative Anil Saraogi and family friend Pappu should be tried under sections 306 (abetment to suicide), 506 (criminal intimidation) and 120B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code.
The court also directed that Indian Police Service officer Ajay Kumar, who was the then deputy commissioner of Police (detective dept) and two officers -- sub-inspector Krishnendu Das and Assistant Commissioner of Police Sukanti Chakraborty -- will be tried under sections 506 and 120B. The trial in the case will commence from May 16.
Rizwanur was found dead near railway tracks at Patipukur, few kilometres away from Todi's mansion in the upmarket Salt Lake city, on September 21, 2007, just a month after his marriage to Todi's daughter Priyanka, on August 18, 2007.
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