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Parimal Saha murder case: HC orders additional district and session court to wrap up Parimal Saha murder case by April 30
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Parimal Saha murder case: HC orders additional district and session court to wrap up Parimal Saha murder case by April 30
PHOTO : Tripura High Court. TIWN File Photo.

AGARTALA, March 29 (TIWN): Tripura HC recently ordered the additional district and session court to wrap up the Parimal Saha murder case by April 30.

It is to be mentioned here that hearing to the much talked Parimal Saha murder case senior advocate Milan Mukherjee of Kolkata challenged the First Information Report (FIR) and authenticity of evidence of Matilal Saha. He further highlighted that the charges against the accused persons of the sensational murder incident were wrongly framed and the vital TI parade was not done as per the provisions of law.

The defence team further challenged that the prosecution team could not establish that personal security guard of the then MLA Parimal Saha, who was allegedly killed by the assistants at Bishalgarh during Block Advisory Committee election on April 07, 1983, belonged to Tripura Police.

Senior advocate Milan Mukherjee of Kolkata represented the case before the court on behalf of the accused persons.

However, the HC recently ordered the additional district and session court to wrap up the Parimal Saha murder case hearing along with judgement by April 30.

It is to be mentioned here that lower court has agreed to treat the copy of certified post-mortem report of Parimal Saha as evidence into the case.

Earlier as a part of the hearing of the case, the accused were interrogated in the court under section 313.

Former Judge Narayan Chandra Das, Dr.Nitya Ranjan Datta, Dr.Rajat Bhattacharjee, and soma Ghosh have recorded their statement into the sensational Parimal Saha murder case.

Congress MLA Parimal Saha was brutally killed by ‘unknown’ assailants on the Agartala –Bishalgarh road on April 1, 1983 triggering unrest in the entire Bishalgarh subdivision in the undivided West Tripura district.

Immediately after the incident, police had launched a massive crack down at Bisghalgarh area and arrested 18 persons in connection with the murder. Of the total arrested accused persons, Investigating Officer D. Gautam had submitted charge sheet before the District and Sessions court, West Tripura against 16 potential accused persons.

Two chargesheeted accused persons died in course of the trial process. According to sources, the process of deposition of witnesses was completed long time ago but problem surfaced after death of the IO.

Charilam Congress MLA Parimal Saha was murdered in 1983 under the then Left Front regime of Tripura. With the change of guard in 1988 by the Congress-TUJS alliance, the police charged 26 individuals and put in a charge sheet before the High Court. The case was sent for a trial. Evidences and witnesses were also taken.

 

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