A Judge at the Calcutta High Court watched on Monday the video footage of Trinamool Congress MLA Monirul Islam where he is seen threatening a local Congress leader and admitting that he had crushed three other persons to death.
Hearing a petition demanding a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation into the murder of three brothers at Labhpur in Birbhum district in 2010, Justice Dipankar Datta directed that the controversial video footage where Mr. Islam is seen admitting these crimes be played in his chamber. Justice Dutta watched the video in presence of counsel of both sides and the investigating officer in the case.
“Bapi Dutta, it would not even take me a minute to behead you,” Mr. Islam was seen saying in a video footage that came to fore in July 2013 before the panchayat elections in the State. In the video, he has also admitted to having ‘crushed under his feet three people who had indulged in atrocities against women’.
The family members of the three victims moved the High Court after the charge sheet filed by the State police did not name Mr. Islam, though the incident occurred at his residence. The charge sheet was submitted a few weeks ago.
During the proceedings, Justice Datta asked why it took such a long time for the police to file the charge sheet. He also pointed out that it was the duty of the State to ensure that the three citizens got justice.
