Day before he was killed,CPM leader had complained to SP

Pradip Tah had named three of the four arrested so far — Choton Chakraborty,Bhupal Goswami and Surajeet Tah — in his complaint. He alleged that 10-15 TMC men from Deoandighi-Mirzapur had torn off the CPI(M)’s flags and banners that they had put up in the area and threatened to kill him and his associates.

The TMC workers also stopped eight-ten buses which were taking CPI(M) supporters to a meeting on February 19 and forced them to return to Burdwan,said the complaint,which was written on the former MLA’s official letterhead. A copy of the complaint was also sent to the block development officer of Burdwan Block II.

Despite several attempts to reach him today,SP Mirza was not available for comment.

Significantly,Pradip Tah’s complaint mentions all the names which are there in the FIR lodged by Prabir Tah after his death. Prabir Tah also claimed that five-six policemen were present at the spot when his brother was hacked to death.

Meanwhile,three days after the incident,the police are yet to interrogate the four arrested in the case who have been remanded to judicial custody. Officials said none of the others named in the FIR have been arrested so far. Claiming to have seized the “murder weapons”,police said some “tree branches,a bamboo stick and a stone” were recovered from the spot.

The assistant public prosecutor in the case,Biswajit Das,confirmed that two tree branches,a bamboo stick and a stone were shown in the “seizure list” by the police.