Kolkata: Former CPI(M) minister Sushanta Ghosh has been remanded in judicial custody for 14 days. Ghosh was arrested in connection with the skeletons recovered from near his ancestral home in West Midnapore. The former minister has already been in CID remand for 11 days.
Ghosh was arrested in connection with the skeletons recovered from his near ancestral home in West Midnapore which are believed to be murdered Trinamool workers.
Ghosh allegedly masterminded the murder of seven Trinamool Congress workers nine years ago and remained untouched, thanks to a botched up police probe.
All that changed in June this year following the change of guard in the state's power corridors. Five skeletons were dug up from a pit near Ghosh's ancestral home in Garbeta and the leader topped the list of the 40 CPI(M) men named in the FIR filed by the victims' relatives. A DNA test report identified two of the five skeletons as that of the slain Trinamool victims.
Ghosh is currently being interrogated. The CPI(M), however, claim that Ghosh has been framed.
Former West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee said, "They reopened a 10-year old case and arrested Sushanta Ghosh because they have decided to resort to counter violence and settle personal scores."
But Ghosh's arrest has failed to pacify those who claim they were at the receiving end of his high handedness. They agitated before the court premises on Thursday and even stormed his residence on Friday.
Whatever be the outcome of the interrogation, it is almost certain that the affair would degenerate into a political vendetta between the CPI(M) and the Trinamool Congress. With worrying records of violence between the two parties, the state government needs to preempt the threat of a vicious circle of violence while ensuring that the victims aren't denied justice.
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