The final verdict on the controversial Tapasi Malik murder case was deferred once again till November 11 by the Chandannagore district court. This is the second time that the verdict has been deferred.Suhid Dutta and Debu Malik, prime accused in the murder case, were produced before the district judge of Chandannagore on Saturday. They were brought from Kolkata by the CBI. The court took nearly half an hour to decide that it could not deliver the verdict on Saturday.On September 23 also the accused were produced in court, but the verdict was deferred.Tapasi Malik, a resident of Singur, was found dead with her body badly charred just inside the Tata Motors small car factory on December 18, 2006. The Trinamool party had alleged that the CPM had raped, killed and then burnt the body of Tapasi. The CBI took up the case and arrested Debu Malik, a local CPM leader, on June 24, 2006. Suhid Dutta, the then CPM zonal committee secretary, was arrested four days later. A huge police contingent was posted in the court compound on Saturday. Supporters of both CPM and Trinamool had gathered outside the court campus since morning. The police, however, did not allow the supporters to go inside the court. The media was also denied entry.
